A damning new poll revealed Wednesday that nearly one in three Democrats would have preferred to see Kamala Harris’ political opponent gunned down in cold blood on Sunday.

Scott Rasmussen’s RMG Research conducted an online survey of 1,000 registered voters for the Napolitan News Service earlier this week to gauge the public’s response to the latest known attempt on the life of President Donald Trump.

The super-majority of respondents indicated they were paying somewhat or very close attention to the latest news about the second assassination attempt against Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

When asked whether U.S. government agencies were involved in the murder plot, 37% of respondents said it was very or somewhat likely.

Thirty-four percent of respondents figured the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign were involved; 33% suggested foreign governments were involved; and 33% suggested that Trump himself or his campaign orchestrated the elaborate attempt to have a Democratic donor allegedly wait in ambush for 12 hours with a high-powered rifle.

A majority of respondents (54%) suggested Trump had “used overheated language that might encourage some people to act violently”; 35% blamed CNN and MSNBC; and 33% suggested Harris was an inciter.

However, when asked which one played a role in specifically encouraging the assassination attempts on Trump, 45% of respondents blamed anti-Trump rhetoric; 41% blamed the media; 30% blamed the victim’s campaign; 25% blamed Harris’ campaign; and 18% attributed the attempts to other reasons.

The question with the most staggering results was: “While it is always difficult to wish ill of another human being, would America be better off if Donald Trump had been killed last weekend?”

Sixty-nine percent of respondents said no, and 14% said they were not sure.

Seventeen percent of respondents said it would have been better for Trump to have been slaughtered on the green.

‘These numbers suggest that the phase of getting worse is clearly upon us.’

The Napolitan News Service highlighted that a staggering 28% of Democrats had answered “yes.”

Only 47% of Democratic respondents indicated America would not benefit from the assassination of the Republican candidate for president; 25% said they weren’t sure.

Scott Rasmussen said, “It is hard to imagine a greater threat to democracy than expressing a desire to have your political opponent murdered.”

Rasmussen appears to have been referencing the Democrat talking point recycled ad nauseam in recent years regarding the supposed threat Trump poses to democracy.

Harris, President Joe Biden, the Democratic National Committee, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are among the many Democrats who have called Trump a “threat to our democracy” while their allies worked to silence the Republican, throw him in prison, and strike his name from the ballot.

When broken down by race, it appears Hispanic respondents disproportionately would like to have seen Trump murdered: 30% of Hispanics answered yes whereas only 14% of whites and 19% of blacks voiced support for the political assassination.

“I continue to believe that America’s best days are still to come,” Rasmussen said. “However, for years I’ve been saying that things will get worse before they get better. These numbers suggest that the phase of getting worse is clearly upon us.”

While things may be getting worse, Democrats indicated years ago they were already primed for nightmarish extremes.

Whereas Democrats are now disproportionately expressing support for the murder of Trump, during the pandemic, they were disproportionately signaling support for the imprisonment of the unvaccinated and the confiscation of their children.

In a Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey of 1,016 likely voters conducted in January 2022, pollsters asked, “Would you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to limit the spread of the coronavirus by having federal or state governments require that citizens temporarily live in designated facilities or locations if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine?”

Whereas 71% of all voters — and 84% of Republicans — signaled opposition to throwing the unvaccinated in quarantine camps, 45% of Democrats said they strongly or somewhat favored the proposal.

According to the same poll, 48% of Democrats supported federal or sate governments fining or imprisoning Americans who questioned the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines on social media, TV, radio, or in digital publications.

Whereas 80% of respondents said they somewhat or strongly opposed the proposal of taking children away from parents who refuse to take the experimental COVID-19 vaccine, 29% of Democrats signaled support for breaking up such families.

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At a recent rally in Nevada, Donald Trump brought up an interesting subject: Hollywood.

“If I pull this off with the help of your governor, a lot of Hollywood will be moving from California because right now you don’t have the land … it’s owned by the federal government. We’re going to open up that land to you; you’ll be able to build studios and everything else,” he told a cheering crowd.

Dave Rubin loves Trump’s idea to take a crumbling Hollywood and move it somewhere else where it can be prosperous.

And apparently, Mark Wahlberg agrees.

Dave plays a clip of the actor “talking about his mission to bring film studios to Nevada.”

“I’m hoping to premiere my next film here and hoping to make lots of films here and move lots of studios and streamers and everybody here to create new jobs, new industry. I think [Nevada’s] got everything to offer.

Wahlberg articulated his goal to “bring something to the table when coming to Las Vegas because Las Vegas obviously has so much to offer.”

“I think when people hear Las Vegas, they think of the Strip and casinos, which is fine, but 20 minutes away, it’s one of the most amazing communities that I’ve ever been a part of. It’s all about faith and family, and it’s thriving,” he explained.

“I wanted to come with something to offer myself, whether it be hopefully bringing the film industry here, bringing, you know, a factory here to make shoes and apparel and creating other opportunity and jobs. I want to enrich the community and be a part of something,” he continued, emphasizing his intentions to “be connected to people,” “find great partnerships,” “work hard with people,” “create opportunity,” and “inspire other people.”

Dave admires someone who’s willing to leave his home behind for the sake of building a better community.

“He saw what was happening there and said, ‘Oh, there are places where I can do this better and I can be part of something that is building and thriving,” he says.

“That really is the message right now for America,” he continues. “Which way do we want to go? Do we want to be more like California, or do we want to be more like … a Nevada that is thriving or a Florida that is thriving or a Texas that is thriving?”

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Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) expressed his frustrations with the Department of Homeland Security and its unwillingness to hand over information Congress has been requesting regarding the first assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

“I am reaching the point of total outrage because the response from the Department of Homeland Security has been totally lacking. In fact, I think it’s tantamount to stonewalling in many respects. … If necessary, I’ll certainly support a subpoena,” Blumenthal told reporters on Tuesday.

Blumenthal previously said the nation will be “shocked and appalled by our findings as to the lapses and failures on that day,” referring to when Trump was shot while speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Congress’ report on the Butler incident is expected to come out shortly.

It has been difficult to ascertain the reasoning behind the Butler shooter’s attack on Trump since Secret Service agents shot and killed him. While he had been registered as a Republican in Pennsylvania, he also donated $15 through Democrat fundraising site ActBlue.

‘I directed state agencies to move expeditiously and provide full transparency to the public.’

The lack of answers from the DHS, which oversees the U.S. Secret Service, has been especially concerning in the aftermath of another assassination attempt against Trump while he was on his golf course in West Palm Beach on Sunday.

Unlike the Butler shooter, the social media accounts belonging to the alleged would-be shooter in West Palm Beach, Ryan Routh, show he was against Trump and parroted Democrats’ talking points about the upcoming presidential election.

“You should visit the victims in the hospital of the trump rally victims and attend the funeral of the fireman that died; Trump certainly never would. SHOW THE WORLD WHAT REAL LEADERS DO,” Routh told Biden on X after the first attempted assassination in July.

Due to the lack of answers from the federal government about the first assassination attempt, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced the state will be conducting its own investigation into the second attempt on Trump’s life, saying the state has jurisdiction over attempted murder since Trump is not a federal official.

“The suspect … is believed to have committed state law violations across multiple judicial circuits in this state, Palm Beach judicial circuit, judicial circuits including Martin County, as well as, perhaps, the judicial circuit represented by Broward County. I directed state agencies to move expeditiously and provide full transparency to the public,” DeSantis explained.

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Clearly Bill Gates is still butt-hurt over the fact that so many people pushed back against the COVID vaccine that he funded and therefore profits from. And now he wants retribution.

“Bill Gates wants your free speech to be stifled if you criticize his vaccines,” says Liz Wheeler. “I swear to you that is an accurate summary of what Bill Gates said.”

And she’s right.

In a clip, Gates boldly admits the following:

“We should have free speech, but if you’re inciting violence, if you’re causing people not to take vaccines, you know, where are those boundaries?” he stated, adding that “the U.S. should have rules” and suggesting some kind of “AI that encodes those rules.”

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“He is an absolute diabolical creep,” says Liz. “So he profits from vaccines, but he wants us to have our free speech restricted, he wants us to be punished if we criticize his vaccines, if we stand in the way of someone taking a vaccine. He wants the government to tell us we’re not allowed to do that or say that.”

“And what’s worse is that he wants AI to do this.”

Among the many problems AI poses is the fact that it’s “not neutral.”

“It’s not this autonomous thing. AI is programmed by people like Bill Gates who want the government to crack down on us if we criticize vaccines or prevent someone from taking a vaccine at Bill Gates’ profit,” Liz condemns, calling the billionaire an “absolute villain.”

To hear more news the state-run media is squashing, such as RFK Jr.’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan’s clever MAGA ad and Melania Trump’s touching video about having her home raided by the FBI, watch the clip above.

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Republican vice presidential nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance made two separate campaign stops on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Michigan, during which he eviscerated Democrats and their corporate media allies.

Vance took questions from adversarial reporters, including a New York Times correspondent who brought up a recent comment the senator made about Haitian immigrants apparently eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. The media has repeatedly argued that Vance made up the allegations, while the senator has maintained that his constituents were the ones who initially reported the claims.

‘That is bullying on an industrial scale.’

During the Wisconsin rally, Vance called on the Times reporter to read out his question.

“This is the New York Times, so don’t hold it against them,” Vance stated.

The reporter responded, “The paper of record, New York Times.” He continued by setting up his question, noting that it would be about Springfield.

“You’ve said, regardless of what the exact precise facts are here, it’s worth it to make the larger point of a town overrun by immigration,” the reporter said.

Vance corrected the Times reporter, “I didn’t say regardless of the precise facts. I said, you have to listen to what people are saying, right? The media has tried to say now for days that I’ve made up this story. I haven’t made up anything. I’ve just listened to people who are telling me these things.”

“That’s the point,” the reporter replied. “Your willingness to shine a light on issues you see as important. And I’m wondering if you know where your line is on that. What’s something you’re willing not to say in order to make a point that is important to you?”

Vance responded to the inquiry with a smile while his supporters at the rally booed the reporter.

“It’s a question for him, not the crowd,” the Times reporter snapped at attendees.

Vance answered, “What I wouldn’t say is that the New York Times is a respectable paper. That’s one thing I wouldn’t be willing to say.”

“All kidding aside,” the senator continued, “if one person had called me and said, ‘I’m seeing this in Springfield,’ we maybe let that pass. When four, five, six, seven people are telling me they see something in Springfield, and on top of it, that there are certain people who refuse to listen to them, who refuse to take their concerns seriously, that’s when it’s my job as a United States senator to listen to my constituents.”

During the same rally, a CBS News reporter asked Vance if he had “a responsibility to fact-check” the claims made by his constituents.

“I think the media has a responsibility to fact-check the residents of Springfield, not lie about it,” Vance rebutted.

The crowd responded with overwhelming applause to the senator’s remarks.

Vance torched members of the media for only showing up to fact-check the residents about the pet-eating claims after ignoring locals’ longtime concerns about the impact the immigration crisis has had on the housing shortage and the rising cost of car insurance in the area.

“They talk about the pet story, and that’s all the American media wants to talk about,” Vance explained. “And, of course, the American media goes into Springfield, dives in, harasses everybody who dares to complain about the condition of the town. That is not journalism, and that is not seeking the truth. That is bullying on an industrial scale. And I think the media ought to be ashamed of itself.”

Vance also held a rally in Sparta, Michigan, on Tuesday. During his speech, he torched the left and its media allies for spreading inflammatory rhetoric about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, arguing that their hateful remarks fueled the recent assassination attempts against the former president.

“Don’t lecture Donald Trump about softening his rhetoric after two people tried to kill him. It’s ridiculous. Tell Kamala Harris. Tell Joe Biden. Tell of her surrogates who are saying things like, ‘Donald Trump needs to be eliminated.’ They need to cut that crap out,” Vance remarked.

During a recent stop in Atlanta, Georgia, Vance addressed the most recent assassination attempt against Trump. He called on Democrats to stop calling the former president a fascist.

“If you tell the American people that this person is the end of democracy, if you tell the American people that this person needs to be eliminated, most of them — thank God — are gonna ignore you, but some crazy person is going to take matters into their own hands and actually listen to the crazy rhetoric that you’re putting out there,” Vance said.

“You know the big difference between conservatives and liberals? No one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months. And two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months. I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down their rhetoric,” he stated.

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The U.S. Secret Service admitted this week to failing to search the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, just before President Donald Trump hit the links on Sunday.

When pressed on why the Secret Service failed to spot a Democratic donor —
known to the FBI — who apparently had camped out at the course for 12 hours with an SKS-style 7.62×39 caliber rifle, acting USSS Director Ronald Rowe blamed the intended target, telling reporters that Trump “wasn’t supposed to have gone there in the first place.”

While the USSS is
facing criticism over its latest bungling of Trump’s security, its parent agency also appears to have dropped the ball.

Just the News
reported that Trump critic Alejandro Mayorkas’ Department of Homeland Security was prompted to investigate suspected would-be assassin Ryan Routh upon his return home from Ukraine last year after U.S. border officials flagged him as suspect, but the agency didn’t bother to act.

‘Simply get all military gear and money.’

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly interviewed Routh at the Honolulu airport in June 2023. Officials knew of his travels to Poland, specifically to Warsaw near the Ukrainian border, as well as to Istanbul, Turkey. They were also aware of his efforts to recruit mercenaries from Taiwan, Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and Moldova to fight in Ukraine against the Russians.

Blaze News
previously noted that Routh ran a website called “Fight for Ukraine,” which details various ways — including unlawful ways — people could supposedly go to fight as mercenaries in Ukraine.

“Simply get all military gear and money and fly to Krakow[, Poland]. Take an intercity train or bus to Przemyśl. Take a local train or bus to Medyka. Make your way to the border with Ukraine,” wrote Routh.

While Routh was keen on having civilians from across the globe put their lives on the line in Ukraine, he never fought himself,
reported the New York Times, whose reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff first heard of Routh through a former Afghan special operations soldier in Iran.

Routh hatched a grand scheme to get militants fleeing the Taliban to go fight for Kiev. His X feed was
littered with failed pleas to Western defense officials and organizations to allow such Afghan mercenaries into Ukraine.

Extra to attempting to recruit mercenaries, while in Ukraine, Routh also demonstrated in support of the Azov Brigade, an outfit
associated with neo-Nazis since its inception.

The brigade
said in a statement this week it “has no connection” to Routh and that rumors to the contrary are “playing along with Russian propaganda.”

According the records reviewed by Just the News, Routh gave the border officials interviewing him a card stating that he was the director of a group called the “International Volunteer Center.”

USA Today
indicated Monday it tried calling a number associated with Routh and was greeted by a voicemail message identifying the number’s owner as “Ryan in Hawaii,” working with the “National Volunteer Center, sending soldiers to Ukraine, as well as Taiwan.”

The International Volunteer Center in Ukraine made clear it hasn’t worked with Routh,
telling the New York Post, “We have been officially registered as an organization in Ukraine since October 2023. Prior to the recent developments, none of us had any knowledge of Mr. Routh or any other entity named the International Volunteer Center, aside from our own registered organization.”

‘There’s one person you guys need to keep an eye on, because he’s a ticking time bomb.’

Ukraine’s foreign legion — which Routh frequently contacted — has characterized the suspected would-be assassin as a charlatan and
denied his involvement in the unit.

According to CBP’s memo pertaining to Routh’s interview, “Subject is a USC who had traveled to Kiev, Ukraine for 3 months to help recruit Soldiers from Afghanistan, Moldova, and Taiwan, to fight in the Ukrainian war against Russia.”

“Subject stated that he does not get paid for his recruiting efforts and all his work for the Ukrainian government is strictly volunteer work Subject provided his recruiting business card (cards have been uploaded into the event) which list his recruiting partners that he speaks with to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan, Romanian, Pakistan, Syria, and Israel,” continues the memo reviewed by Just the News. “Subject stated that he obtains money from his wife to help fund his trips to Ukraine.”

The memo further stated that Routh was referred to the DHS’ Homeland Security Investigations but that HSI declined to look into the matter.

“HSI was contacted and refused the case,” said the memo.

When pressed for comment, the DHS referred Just the News to the FBI, which is overseeing the investigation into the assassination attempt.

The DHS also apparently failed to take action in response to another concerning report submitted by Chelsea Walsh, a nurse from West Palm Beach who encountered Routh in Kiev in 2022.

Walsh was so worried about Routh’s volatile nature and threats of violence that she reported him to a CBP officer at Washington’s Dulles airport in June 2022 after returning from Ukraine.

Walsh
told WPTV-TV, “As a nurse, we are trained to detect when people are a threat to themselves or others, and I was beginning to realize more and more that Ryan was a threat to others.”

At the airport, “[the agent] said that he represented Homeland Security and he was only interested in homeland security threats,” said Walsh.

“I told him, ‘Then there’s one person you guys need to keep an eye on, because he’s a ticking time bomb. His name is Ryan Routh, and he lives in Hawaii. He’s coming back from Ukraine eventually, and someone needs to follow up with him.'”

Walsh said the DHS never followed up with her.

The FBI — whose agent in charge of the Miami field office, Jeffrey Veltri, was
reportedly compelled to scrub his social media history because of his anti-Trump rhetoric — also appears to have let Routh slip off its radar.

Blaze News
previously reported that the FBI received a complaint in 2019 that Routh had a firearm. Owing to Routh’s felonious record, including a 2002 conviction on a possession of a weapon of mass destruction charge, the complaint would ostensibly have been grounds for an interview at the very least.

Veltri said at a press conference Monday, “When following up on the tip, the alleged complainant was interviewed and did not verify, I repeat, did not verify providing the initial information. The FBI passed that information on to local law enforcement in Honolulu.”

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Relatives of the famous John Two Guns White Calf are calling for the NFL to bring back the Washington Redskins’ logo that bears their ancestor’s likeness.

The NFL team from Washington, D.C., was named the Redskins from 1937 to 2019 until the owners decided to remove the nickname and logo because they found it offensive. Despite fan outcry, the team has consistently said it would not return.

“The fans want him back and we want him back,” said Thomas White Calf, the great nephew of Two Guns.

White Calf met with Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mt.), who is working with the family to have their story told.

‘Our ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history.’

Speaking to Fox News, White Calf was joined by his mother, Delphine White Calf, who is a niece of the former Blackfeet chief. The two told the outlet that they “want a seat at the table” when it comes to the Washington football organization, now called the Commanders.

The Blackfeet members made the argument that having the logo is actually a point of pride for their tribe.

“Our ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history,” said White Calf. He continued, “Two Guns was also the face on the Indian Head nickel. I’m proud of him. The Blackfeet are proud of him.”

Sen. Daines labeled the issue as “righting a wrong” and said the logo represents Native history in the country. He added that Two Guns’ story should be “enthusiastically celebrated” across the nation.

The Washington Commanders responded to the comments and said the team planned on working with the Republican to honor the legacy of the team’s heritage.

“At the senator’s suggestion, we have developed a positive relationship with Ryan Wetzel, the grandson of Walter ‘Blackie’ Wetzel, who designed the logo. We look forward to honoring that legacy,” a Commanders spokesperson said.

Wetzel, a deceased Blackfeet chief, reportedly created the portrait of Two Guns White Calf in 1971, which allegedly received widespread support. The NFL team adopted the image as its logo in 1972.

However, the Wetzel family claimed the football organization has ignored them for decades.

Redskins legend Mark Rypien recently made statements that the team needed to remember its roots and get back to playing like the Redskins. At the same time, he said the team’s name change needs to be accepted.

“It’s just this day and age now that we have to deal with. … We are going to support these guys because that’s the era we are in.”

He continued, “I want to support these guys, this team, and get this Commanders football team back to playing the type of football the Redskins played back in our era.”

During a 2024 preseason press conference, Commanders owner Josh Harris said that the Redskins name “can’t come back.”

“We’ve been very clear, we can’t, for obvious reasons, the old name can’t come back,” Harris explained, per Audacy.

The team also told Fox News that it had no plans to bring back the old logo.

Two Guns was born in Montana in 1872 and fought to preserve Native culture.

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“Very seldom do I recommend things to watch,” says Jase Robertson, who isn’t much of a media guy.

However, last weekend, Jase’s wife happened to bring up Matt Walsh’s 2022 documentary “What Is a Woman?”

Jase was shocked to discover that a film with such a title existed, and so, intrigued, he watched it.

His conclusion is that “What Is a Woman?” “needs to be watched by society.”

“All this guy did, to his credit, was simply ask a question,” he says, pointing to the “global controversy” that gender has become.

“When [Walsh] asked that question,” says Jase, he discovered that “the belief has become popular among those who attack the gender God-defined roles that it’s impossible for them to answer.”

Jase shares his bewilderment that the socially acceptable answer when it comes to someone’s gender is basically “let the kid decide what they want to be.”

“They’ll say your gender is whatever you want to be, including any kind of animal. I mean you can be a cat, you know, you can be a wolf,” he says.

“That’s nonsense,” is all Phil Robertson has to say about it.

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

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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) not surprisingly called Tuesday’s jaw-dropping pager explosions across Lebanon — which targeted Hezbollah terrorists — “disgusting” on X:

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But observers didn’t let the anti-Israel congresswoman — who actually has spoken positively about a rallying cry that calls for the Jewish nation’s extermination — get away with it.

‘We’re very sorry that your loved ones in Hezbollah will not be able to reproduce,’ another commenter quipped.

It was, in fact, a mockery bonanza.

What’s the background?

Hezbollah’s pagers exploded “nearly simultaneously” in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least 12 and wounding around 2,800, the Associated Press said, adding that two children were among the dead. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel, the AP said.

The Israeli operation involved hiding explosives in Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, the New York Times reported, citing American and other officials briefed on the operation. The Times, citing two of the officials, said the explosive material — as little as one to two ounces — was placed next to pager batteries. Switches also were embedded that could be remotely triggered to detonate the explosives, the paper said.

The Times, citing two of the officials, said the pagers at 3:30 p.m. in Lebanon received a message that appeared as though it was coming from Hezbollah’s leadership — but instead the messages activated the explosives.

‘Some beepers did some things’

Scores of commenters responded to Tlaib’s “disgusting” remark with brutal mockery — among them Jordan Schachtel who asked Tlaib, “Did you leave your pager at home today?”

The following is just a smattering of the barbs thrown Tlaib’s way:

“You taking the side of Hezbollah members is the least surprising news maybe ever,” one commenter wrote.”Disgusting is [the] terrorist who launched rockets and killed 12 children in Israel,” another commenter noted. “But you didn’t condemn that, right?””Some beepers did some things,” another commenter replied mockingly in reference to Tlaib’s fellow Squad member, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who infamously remarked “some people did something” when speaking about 9/11 terrorists.”The most targeted strike against terrorists, and Rashida still has a problem because…. Jews,” another commenter said.”Disgusting is that the United States allows a jihadi to hold public office,” another commenter declared. “Our highest offices are infiltrated, and these radicals continue to gain power. Make no mistake, this woman is a threat to our nation.””Thank you for confirming Lebanon is infested with terrorists, who happened to be in grocery stores, barber shops, etc.,” another commenter observed.”We’re very sorry that your loved ones in Hezbollah will not be able to reproduce,” another commenter quipped. “We promise not to call them nutcases or have a ball celebrating their lack thereof.””Have you tried not firing rockets into Israel every day since Oct 7?” another commenter inquired.

Anything else?

Hezbollah vowed revenge for the pager explosions, the Washington Post said, noting that the terror group said the “criminal enemy must await” a “reckoning” for “its massacre on Tuesday.”

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The language President Donald Trump employed in recent weeks to describe his brush with death on July 13 hinted at an appreciation for forces that secular materialists may dismiss out of hand.

In the wake of yet another assassination attempt, Trump doubled down, suggesting that his continued existence despite the efforts of his enemies was not the result of luck but rather the handiwork of God.

During an
X Spaces conversation Monday evening, Trump recounted what took place at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.

At 1:31 p.m., a U.S. Secret Service agent on Trump’s detail, who had been walking the perimeter of the course one hole ahead of the president, spotted the barrel of a rifle “poking out of the tree line” and through a chain-link fence, roughly 400 yards away from Trump.

“All of a sudden, we heard shots being fired in the air,” said Trump. “I guess probably four or five, and it sounded like bullets, but what do I know about that?”

‘It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.’

The USSS agent reportedly opened fire, targeting the barrel of the would-be assassin’s gun. The suspect, radical
Democratic donor and Ukraine obsessive Ryan Routh, fled the scene without firing a shot.

Trump noted that U.S. Secret Service agents whisked him away on a golf cart, even though he “would have loved to sink that last putt.”

Reflecting upon this and the previous attempt on his life by a Democratic donor who he figures was acting on the “rhetoric of Biden and Harris,” Trump said, “There’s something going on. I mean, perhaps it’s God wanting me to be president to save this country.”

The day after he was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump also credited God with saving him.

“It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness,” he
wrote in a post on Truth Social.

When
speaking to Elon Musk on Aug. 12, Trump suggested that his last-second head turn in July, which meant a grazed ear rather than a bullet to the brain, was miraculous.

“The bigger miracle was that I was looking in the exact direction of the shooter,” continued Trump. “All because I put down a chart on immigration that showed that the numbers were so great. I love that chart.”

Trump was referring to a chart he had on the stage illustrating the
millions of illegal aliens President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have failed to prevent from stealing into the homeland over the past three years.

“It was amazing that I happened to be turned just at that perfect angle,” said Trump.

Trump noted that his head turn was all the more unlikely given his sporadic use of the illegal immigration chart at his rallies.

“It’s very much, I say, an act of God. It’s a miracle,” said Trump. “And I’m honored by it.”

In conversation late last month with BlazeTV host Mark Levin, Trump
speculated that God is keeping him alive because He “thinks that I’m going to straighten out our country.”

‘Our God still saves.’

Trump is hardly alone in thinking he has enjoyed the ultimate reinforcement.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) noted days after the first assassination attempt, “Trump is truly blessed by the hand of God being able to evade being assassinated.”

NPR
noted that Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) similarly credited the Almighty with filling in the gaps in the Secret Service’s protection.

“If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you better be believing right now,” said Scott. “Thank God Almighty that we live in a country that still believes in the King of kings and the Lord of lords, the Alpha and the Omega. Our God still saves. He still delivers and he still sets free. Because on Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle. But an American lion got back up on his feet.”

Referring to the photograph of a bullet whizzing by Trump’s head in Pennsylvania, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy
wrote, “That’s Divine Providence. One hair’s width away from a deathblow to a nation.”

Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.)
shared an illustration of the outline of what appears to be Jesus Christ protecting Trump from an incoming bullet, with the caption, “If God is with you, who can be against you?”

New York Republican Rep. Brandon Williams
tweeted, “God saved our Republic last night.”

Extra to Trump’s appreciation for God, it appears also he is leaning into his fondness for Christ’s mother.

NBC News’ Katherine Doyle
confirmed Tuesday that President Trump, headed to Pennsylvania this weekend, will be visiting the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

Earlier this month, he
celebrated the birth of the Virgin Mary to the chagrin of radicals, including former foreign agent Ana Navarro of ABC’s “The View.”

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Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom snickered as he sat on the stage at a conference this week and signed three bills that will further restrict “deepfake” or “materially deceptive” election content in California, but defiant social media users shared an AI election video scorned by Newsom nonetheless.

On Tuesday, Newsom joined Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff onstage at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Dreamforce is a tech conference that bills itself as “the largest AI event in the world.”

‘So that’s how easy it is to govern.’

The event may have promoted AI, but the conversation between Newsom and Benioff seemed to focus on the problems associated with AI. When Newsom mentioned that he had 38 bills on his desk that related to digital concerns, Benioff suggested that Newsom take the opportunity of the Dreamforce conference to sign three such bills about election advertising containing AI material.

“I just thought, you know, why waste your time with a politician unless they’re gonna do something for you?” Newsom said with a smile, a bundle of paper in his hand, and ostensibly drawing a pen from his jacket pocket. He then appeared to sign three pieces of paper.

“This is now official,” he said with a laugh. “That is now injunctive relief if you do any of those ‘deepfake’ election misrepresentations.

“So that’s how easy it is to govern.”

Newsom, Benioff, and the audience may have found the situation humorous, but many others worry that the bills may further erode First Amendment protections of free speech.

AB 2655, also known as the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, requires online platforms “to block the posting of materially deceptive content related to elections in California” and “to label certain additional content inauthentic, fake, or false” during designated periods before and after an election.

AB 2355 expands upon existing law and requires a committee that creates, publishes, and/or distributes some political advertising to add a “disclosure” noting when an ad has been “generated or substantially altered” using AI. The bill addresses “any image, audio, or video that is generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence” that would give a reasonable person “a fundamentally different understanding of the altered media when comparing it to an unaltered version.”

AB 2839 also builds upon existing law that already prohibits people from knowingly distributing, with malice, election material containing “certain materially deceptive content.” Previous law required this statute to be enforced 60 days before an election. It will now be enforced 120 days before an election and, in certain cases, up to 60 days afterward.

In a statement, Newsom insisted these speech restrictions were necessary for the sake of democracy.

“Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation – especially in today’s fraught political climate,” Newsom said. “These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content, one of several areas in which the state is being proactive to foster transparent and trustworthy AI.”

Billionaire Elon Musk, a professed Trump supporter who recently moved some of his companies out of California because of its onerous laws, called out Newsom for essentially proscribing election parody ads.

One particular video that went viral recently features a deepfake of Kamala Harris’ voice bragging that she is “the ultimate diversity hire” who was “selected” to be the Democrat presidential nominee after “Joe Biden finally exposed his senility.”

In July, Newsom specifically cited that viral video as the kind of “manipulating” election content that “should be illegal.”

Early Wednesday morning, Musk tweeted the video out once again, demonstrating that he has no intention of abiding by California’s new restrictions: “The governor of California just made this parody video illegal in violation of the Constitution of the United States. Would be a shame if it went viral.”

Libs of TikTok has also shared the video this week in light of the new California laws. “This is the video that @GavinNewsom doesn’t want you to see,” the account wrote.

Comedian Rob Schneider likewise called out Newsom for trying to restrict the funny video. “ALL FOLLOWERS PLEASE RETWEET THIS ONLY ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA PARODY….” he said.

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Senate Republicans met Tuesday for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s weekly off-the-record members’ lunch. These meetings, along with regular Wednesday Steering Committee lunches, are among the few regular times when party senators gather in one room to set party policy and messaging.

There are few clearer windows into McConnell’s priorities than these lunches, and Tuesday did not disappoint: The RAND Corporation was invited to present its report on military spending and the potential need to raise taxes to increase the military percentage of the country’s GDP.

Senate-watchers can consider Tuesday’s lunch not simply a glimpse into a moment of McConnell’s priorities but a preview into his goals for this month’s spending fight — and his plans for the likely December spending deal that will follow.

That’s right; that was the priority. It wasn’t the former president and Republican nominee, who over the weekend survived another assassination attempt. It wasn’t Donald Trump’s campaign focus on past tax cuts or promise of more to come. It wasn’t House Republicans’ strategic (if faltering) election play to link the SAVE Act to a six-month spending resolution or even the threat of a bloated omnibus hanging over the Senate’s own head. It was more money for the Pentagon. Keep in mind: The government runs out of funding at the end of the month, at midnight on Sept. 30 — or 12 days from now.

More money for the Pentagon, once a safe Republican issue, has fallen from favor with voters and members over the past four years in particular. Sen.
Mike Lee (R-Utah), Blaze News learned, pushed back, asking why the conference ought to spend time considering tax hikes (suggested in the report) to deliver billions to a politicized, incompetent Pentagon brass that has cratered recruitment numbers. To Lee’s point, Trump has vocally lashed out at unaccountable Pentagon leadership, pointing out in last week’s debate that the Biden-Harris administration hadn’t fired a single person over the chaotic, deadly, and embarrassing retreat from Kabul.

But McConnell doesn’t share those concerns. Indeed, he’s made clear he intends to stay on in the Senate after stepping down from leadership this fall explicitly to fight for Pentagon priorities and continued funding for the war in Ukraine. Throughout the meeting, he reportedly waxed wistful about American defense spending as a percentage of GDP during World War II and other eras.

Senate-watchers can consider Tuesday’s lunch not simply a glimpse into a moment of McConnell’s priorities but a preview into his goals for this month’s spending fight — and his plans for the likely December spending deal that will follow. Keep an eye out for big promises to Pentagon brass, get ready to see South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill committing the United States to a decade of funding Ukraine’s war against Russia, and expect other moves to tie Trump’s hands on foreign policy should he win in November.

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