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‘Teflon Don’ made the elites sleep with the fishes
Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Kamala Harris means that the former president is now president-elect, but as a fellow New Yorker from Queens, I think the next occupant of the White House has also earned another title.
The “Teflon Don” just proved that nothing Democrats — or their allies in media, pop culture, and corporate America — threw at him would stick. Trump isn’t an infamous mafia boss like John Gotti whose track record of beating court cases earned him the moniker. To the pundit class, he is way worse. They tried to paint the former president as a fascist, Nazi-sympathizing, authoritarian wannabe dictator. They’re still trying.
If this election taught us anything, it’s that the pundit class is too arrogant, smug, emotional, narcissistic, and incurious to understand the average American.
Democrats spent months saying Trump is a threat to democracy. They weaponized the legal system and used lawfare to keep him out of the White House. An assassin’s bullet didn’t take him down. They said his vice presidential pick was “weird.” None of it could stop the inevitable.
This isn’t to say Trump was the perfect candidate. He upset his base more than once during the campaign, from his criticism of state abortion bills to his public attacks on the conservatives behind Project 2025. Some social conservatives also didn’t like the party’s decision to give a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to Amber Rose, the atheist, pro-abortion influencer who used to lead “slut walks” in Los Angeles. Her appearance came around the time the party decided to soften its language around key social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
But through it all, the voters chose their man, despite spending the campaign being slandered as hateful bigots who wanted to strip women of their “right” to kill their babies. Democrats thought they could use race and sex as a “carrot” to draw people to a history-making campaign as well as a “stick” to knock sense into wayward voters they believe they own.
They failed to see what will go down as the most multiracial, multigenerational working-class coalition in recent Republican history.
While Harris surrogates were busy lecturing black men who thought about sitting out the election or — God forbid — voting for Trump, Latino men were causing a “red wave” to the right. In 2016, Trump received 28% of the Latino vote. In 2020, he earned 32%. According to 2024 exit polls, he won support from 46% of Latino voters, including 55% of men.
Maybe the progressives who tried to shove “Latinx” down the throats of Dominicans in the Bronx, Cubans in South Florida, and Mexicans in Texas don’t really understand those Americans and still assume all “brown” people feel “oppressed” in 2024.
Trump also earned 20% of the black male vote. In Pennsylvania, 26% of black men voted for Trump. The feminists and henpecked men who do their bidding clearly overestimated their ability to use their coordinated shame campaign to control “disobedient” black men.
It’s possible suburban soccer moms realized that people who can’t define “woman” don’t really have women’s best interests in mind. The white women progressives targeted in the final days of the campaign with ads meant to divide husbands and wives put their families over the Democratic Party. Nationally, Trump took 53% of the white female vote, including 69% in Georgia and 60% in Texas.
If this election taught us anything, it’s that the pundit class is too arrogant, smug, condescending, emotional, neurotic, narcissistic, and incurious to understand the average American. The people who make a living hurling “-ism” and “-phobia” accusations at people they don’t know have been exposed for the mediocre thinkers they are.
They don’t understand the world outside their superficial identity and oppressed-oppressor power dynamics. I recently had a conversation with a progressive woman in education who said social conservatives are only pro-life because they’re afraid of the declining white birth rate, even though roughly 40% of aborted babies in America are black. The pundit class lives in a bubble so thick that neither data nor an electoral beatdown will penetrate it.
I am cautiously optimistic about what Trump’s victory means for the social issues I care about most. A party big enough to accommodate both Caitlyn Jenner and Franklin Graham could take policy positions that scare off the disaffected liberals who voted for Trump this election and rankle the president-elect’s social conservative base.
We’ll have plenty of time to talk about the MAGA governing strategy. This election, however, was about the Teflon Don and the voters who didn’t care what craven politicians, Hollywood perverts, low-information entertainers, and media shills had to say about him. Americans sent a loud message to the elites that power belongs to the people, not the self-appointed god-kings in the culture who think they rule us.
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‘Shocked and crushed’ Kathy Griffin blames Taylor Swift for Kamala Harris’ devastating loss
Comedian Kathy Griffin said she was “shocked and crushed” over the election and blamed singer Taylor Swift for the stunning victory of President-elect Donald Trump.
‘I just did not realize how racist and misogynistic America still is.’
“I don’t think that our beloved country America, knows that it’s in for with a fascistic society and dictator. I’m not being hyperbolic, I’m not being dramatic,” said Griffin in the video posted to social media.
“I am shocked and crushed at how many people I personally know did not vote or felt like there was no difference between the candidates, or just were too self-involved to learn anything about it,” she added. “And that makes me sad.”
She went on to say that she was worried the “Trumpian Christo-fascist megachurch ‘I think Trump is stopping child trafficking’ QAnon world” would force her sons to become fathers if they got a 15-year-old girl pregnant.
“It’s gonna be a Duggar America, everybody!” she exclaimed, referring to the Christian sexual assault scandal.
She then said Trump would eventually “crumble” of old age but Vice President-elect JD Vance would be next in line.
“Vance is terrifying and horrible because he’s as crazy as Trump but he’s smart. And the way things are going in this country, [he] could get re-elected! And then we would have President Vance for eight years. Which I kinda wish some of my friends had thought about yesterday that weren’t voting,” Griffin said.
She also said LGBT members and women would be under greater threat.
“Gays you may not be safe. So, to be gay in America, much less trans, ‘cuz they’re obsessed with trans people, to be LGBT in America, is not gonna be a safe thing anymore. To be a woman in America will be less safe than it already is, so take care of each other,” Griffen said.
Finally she blamed Taylor Swift for the loss.
“I know this will get me in trouble. But I really really wish Taylor Swift had done an event with Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania two months ago. OK, I just had to say that because she’s so powerful, and it’s not fair that the weight of the world should be on a pop star’s shoulders,” she added.
“I just did not realize how racist and misogynistic America still is,” Griffin concluded.
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5 moves Trump can make to juice the economy in his first 100 days
The re-election of Trump is the first step in a longer effort to strengthen the economy and solidify America’s fiscal foundation. The Trump team, now armed with experience they lacked in 2016, appears prepared to make swift progress.
With so many challenges to address, what should take priority? Here are my top five economic recommendations for Trump’s first 100 days.
Secure the border and begin mass deportations
The influx of illegal entrants to the U.S. is not just a security or social policy issue; it’s an economic one. These individuals impose significant costs on American taxpayers. In 2023 alone, the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated this impact to be $150 billion.
Mass illegal immigration has strained communities nationwide, taken jobs from American citizens, and suppressed wages and opportunities. In 2022, an estimated 8.3 million people participated in the U.S. workforce illegally, adding further strain to taxpayer-funded services, including health care.
Strategic spending cuts that don’t hinder growth are challenging but essential.
The federal government must declare a state of emergency to take immediate, decisive action to secure the border and prevent asylum rule abuse. Processing systems should prioritize identifying people who have committed additional crimes, aside from entering the country illegally, and those who arrived within the past five years. This response needs to be swift and on a large scale.
This approach will stabilize economic signals, prevent taxpayer money from supporting undocumented immigrants long-term, and create more job opportunities for U.S. citizens. Additionally, encouraging more disenfranchised working-age individuals to enter the job market would strengthen the economy.
In the long term, limiting immigration to attract and reward skilled workers who share American values and want to contribute to the economy will benefit all Americans.
Return to a low-regulation environment
The Biden administration has burdened productive businesses with excessive regulations, costing small businesses alone an estimated $1.7 trillion. With over 33 million small businesses in the U.S., freeing them to grow and thrive, rather than struggle, would strengthen the economy.
One key area to address is flexible work. Reversing the Department of Labor’s ruling, which overturned Trump’s support for independent contractor and gig work, would benefit millions of contractors and gig workers who lost jobs due to the Biden-Harris policies. This change would also support small businesses that rely on contractors.
Additionally, eliminating the FinCEN requirement for small businesses to register (the CTA BOI rule) would relieve a major concern, as many small businesses are closing or avoiding start-up due to this government overreach.
Reducing housing regulations, including collaborating with states to lower construction costs and encourage more building, would help stabilize the housing market and unleash broad economic growth.
Get tax policy settled quickly
Businesses are relieved to avoid the tax increases proposed by Harris, but they still need clarity on future policy.
Collaborating with Congress to outline which parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will be extended, what new cuts may be introduced, and other tax proposals (such as exempting tips from taxes) will boost business confidence. Clear incentives drive growth, and a well-defined, low-tax path will encourage businesses to invest and pursue growth.
Restore commonsense energy policy
Affordable, abundant energy ensures a secure future and supports the technological advancements we pursue. AI, in particular, will demand significant energy, making a stable, reliable supply essential. We must make a point of enabling companies to invest in traditional energy, nuclear power, and viable green initiatives. These investments take time to yield results, and the current pipeline of projects is dwindling.
Bring on the DOGE!
Redirecting funds to the more efficient private sector, rather than wasting them at high cost in the government sector, is key. Establishing a government efficiency commission — or, as Elon Musk half-jokingly suggests, a “Department of Government Efficiency” — with strategic thinkers like Musk and Ron Paul would be a critical step.
Strategic spending cuts that don’t hinder growth are challenging but essential. Achieving this balance will reduce wasteful interest expenses, stabilize our debt-to-GDP ratio, and foster private sector growth that benefits all Americans.
The American dream needs to be restored, and it won’t be easy, so the Trump team needs to roll up their sleeves and get at it right away.
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Did THIS generation just save America?
The counting is done, and Donald Trump has won with a stunning 312 electoral votes — the most any Republican candidate has won since George H.W. Bush in 1988.
“Blaze News Tonight” host Jill Savage and Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson are joined by Clay Travis, OutKick founder and co-host of “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,” to discuss how Trump was able to achieve this landslide victory.
According to Travis, Kamala Harris “got her a** kicked” partially because “she never really told us what she thought on the issues, and the ones she did tell us about she was wrong on.”
“Meanwhile, Trump was right on everything,” and he expanded his voter base by appealing to “men in particular — black, white, Asian, Hispanic.”
However, there was another major factor that contributed to Harris’ epic loss: Generation X.
“You spoke about how Generation X came out in large numbers. Why do you think that is?” Peterson asks.
“Because Generation X has great judgment,” Travis answers. “I do think Gen X saved America.”
“I think a big reason why is Trump appeals to people who grew up in the 1980s and the 1990s. … We grew up in an America that was awesome and an America that was filled with belief that we were the greatest country in the history of the world,” he adds.
“A lot of Democrats frankly don’t believe that anymore, and I think much of Generation X, myself included, fundamentally rejects this idea that somehow as America is a fundamentally awful, racist country, and we like the idea Trump is selling, which is American exceptionalism is a good thing. We are the freest and fairest country in the history of the world,” he explains. “I think Gen X is one of the biggest and foremost defenders of that idea.”
Jill then points to another group that “overwhelmingly voted for Trump” — college football players.
“Why does Donald resonate so well with this group?” asks Jill.
“I think young men innately are seeing through the BS world that they have grown up in — this woke universe where suddenly being male is wrong,” Travis says. “I think a lot of these young men in college football programs, you know, they saw this crazy Lia Thomas business, and they don’t think it makes any sense.”
“They’re tired of having to pretend that they don’t believe what they believe. I am super optimistic that this next generation of men, these young men now 18- to 29-year-old who are coming in to vote, are going to have a big impact,” he adds.
To hear more of the conversation, including Travis’ thoughts on exactly how Trump flipped the swing states, watch the clip above.
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Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump a fascist and blames sexism for Harris loss: ‘This is going to be a very scary time’
Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York broke her silence about the election and warned her supporters that a “scary time” was coming.
‘The fascist won a lot of working-class support.’
Ocasio-Cortez posted the video on her Instagram account with more than 8.1 million followers to discuss the stunning loss of Vice President Kamala Harris to President-elect Donald Trump.
“This is going to be a very, very, very, challenging difficult time,” she said. “This is going to be a very scary time.”
She opined that had Harris been a man that perhaps she would have won the election and defended her against critics who blamed the vice president for the loss to Trump.
“I think it’s important to also state here that Kamala Harris was given an assignment that no other person in American history was given. To construct a presidential campaign in 90 to 100 days… and have to deliver the country from an enormous fascist threat that had already been campaigning and priming the pump for essentially eight years,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
“This race may not have been decided by any individual factor but misogyny is very real in this country,” she added. “If Kamala Harris was Tom Harris we may have a different result today, I don’t know.”
Ocasio-Cortez was re-elected on Tuesday with 69% of the vote.
“I’m not here to sugarcoat what we are about to experience,” she continued. “We find ourselves I believe in a time where there are, let’s say peers, in history of mass movements of people that mobilize to protect one another in times of fascism and authoritarianism. And this is the era that we are poised to enter.”
She also expressed frustration that Trump had increased his support from the working class in the U.S.
“It’s an enormous setback because the fascist won a lot of working-class support, which has happened in history,” she said.
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‘A true rebirth of freedom’: Why Glenn Beck is ‘really hopeful’ about Trump’s second term
After winning the 2024 election, Donald Trump has declared that he plans on ushering in a “new golden era of America.”
Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” believes that he truly means what he’s promising.
“We have a team of people that are not just all politicians cut exactly the same way,” he says. “We actually have a chance of cutting our budget and being reasonable, and I also know that Donald Trump is going to cut regulation. I mean, he cut more regulation his first term than any other president.”
“To get this economy roaring again, I think he’s going to cut red tape like nobody’s business,” he continues, adding, “We could have a true rebirth of freedom and the rebirth of the American dream and I find that really hopeful.”
Stu Burguiere is hopeful as well, noting how impressive Trump’s win really was.
“He basically swept seven states by pretty narrow margins,” Stu says. “I mean, turnouts got to be a part of that story. Pretty amazing.”
However, the mainstream media and liberals across the country are not so hopeful, in fact, they are devastated.
“They’re so deep in their own lies that they’ll never find their way out of it,” Glenn says. “There’s no humility there either, I mean, if you’re not humble, you’re never going to fix it.”
“Which reminds me, let’s make sure we are humble. Make sure that we are humble or we will lose it again. We’ve been given a second chance. It’s like America was on the table and our heart stopped and somehow or another it just started beating again,” he continues.
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FEMA investigating stunning report that hurricane relief workers were ordered to skip houses with pro-Trump signs
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it is looking into a shocking report that one of its officials had ordered relief workers to skip homes that were displaying pro-Trump signs.
The Daily Wire first documented the accusations based on multiple workers who said that supervisor Marn’i Washington gave a verbal order to avoid Trump homes. It also obtained documents that corroborated the claims.
‘It’s almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that’s okay.’
“Trump sign no entry per leadership,” read one entry in the government system reviewed by the Wire.
Washington reportedly made the order as workers were canvassing neighborhoods in Lake Placid, Florida, to sign up residents for federal aid over damage from Hurricane Milton in October and November.
“I know they’re short-staffed, I thought we could go help and make a difference,” said one of the employees quoted in the Wire report. “When we got there we were told to discriminate against people. It’s almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that’s okay.”
The report said the district affected by Washington’s order voted by 70% to back President-elect Donald Trump in the election.
“I volunteered to help disaster victims, not discriminate against them,” the employee continued. “It didn’t matter if people were black, white, Hispanic, for Trump, for Harris. Everyone deserves the same amount of help.”
Other messages in the government system read, “Per leadership no stop Trump flag,” “Trump sign,” and “Trump sign, no contact per leadership.”
FEMA told the Wire that it was investigating the claims.
“We are aware of it and we are taking action at this moment regarding the situation that you’re talking about,” said Washington’s FEMA supervisor, Chad Hershey.
The Wire also obtained a complaint made to FEMA about the alleged incident.
“This behavior raises significant concerns of discrimination against United States citizens because of their political views,” the complaint read. “These actions not only undermine the integrity of our agency and create a hostile work environment for those who may hold differing political beliefs but they also threaten the very democracy of our country.”
FEMA had been previously criticized for what many said was a slow and incompetent response to a major natural disaster that struck mainly Republican-majority states and counties.
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Philly clinician reportedly fired for heinous pregnancy comment about Trump supporters on social media
A physician’s assistant in Pennsylvania has found out about the perils of making emotional posts on social media after losing an election.
Online sleuths tracked down the Philadelphia employer of Nicole M. Hart, who allegedly wished harm upon the daughters of women who voted for President-elect Donald Trump. After people bombarded the employer, Jefferson Health, with comments, Hart was reportedly fired from her position.
‘You *will* be outted by thousands of us. Tread Lightly.’
“To every woman that voted for Trump, I hope your daughter has an ectopic pregnancy,” Hart allegedly posted on social media after the election.
Ectopic pregnancies occur when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube. They can be life-threatening and have become the focus of left-wing abortion activists. Such activists falsely claim that abortion bans do not allow women with ectopic pregnancies to get the care they need, putting women’s lives at risk.
Screenshots of Hart’s heinous alleged message were circulated widely on social media.
“These people’s brains have been so manipulated that they are a danger to society. Take her off the streets,” read one response. “Let this be notice to any other doctor, nurse, or medical professional. You took a Hippocratic Oath to not harm people. You *will* be outted by thousands of us. Tread Lightly.”
According to a video posted by the popular Libs of TikTok account, Jefferson Health said in an email that Hart was no longer employed at the facility.
“Well, that happened fast. There are consequences to your actions, Nicole. Hopefully now you’ve realized that,” said Chaya Raichik, the woman behind Libs of TikTok.
Trump soundly defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republicans flipped the U.S. Senate. The fate of the U.S. House of Representatives is still to be decided, but many believe it will end up also going Republican.
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EU signals desperation to avoid trade war with Trump, desire to buy American gas
President-elect Donald Trump is still months away from taking office, yet the European Union already appears desperate to cut a deal with him.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission,
addressed members of the European Council in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, signaling a desire to avoid a trade war with the United States and to switch from Russian to American gas.
When asked how she intends to negotiate with Trump on trade, Leyen answered, “I think first of all: Engage. Very important what we have started yesterday.”
Leyen was referencing her phone call with Trump Thursday, where she apparently congratulated him on his landslide electoral victory. The German politician
noted on X that they discussed defense, Ukraine, trade, and energy.
“Secondly, discuss about common interests. And there are common interests that we have,” continued Leyen. “Then go into negotiations.”
‘They are going to have to pay a big price.’
Leyen said that liquid natural gas was among the common interests she briefly discussed with Trump this week, noting that Europe still gets “a lot of LNG via Russia, from Russia.”
According to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, in the first half of 2024, Europe sourced 48% of its LNG imports from U.S., 16% from Russia, 11% from Algeria, 10% from Qatar, and 4% from Nigeria and Norway.
“Why not replace it by American LNG, which is cheaper for us and brings down our energy prices?” said Leyen. “It’s something where we can get into a discussion, also [where] our trade deficit is concerned.”
The U.S. Census Bureau indicated Tuesday that the trade deficit with the EU in September was $23.8 billion, contributing to the year-to-date trade deficit of
$173 billion.
Trump indicated in October that the EU would have to “pay a big price” for not buying enough American exports,
reported Reuters.
“I’ll tell you what, the European Union sounds so nice, so lovely, right? All the nice European little countries that get together,” said Trump. “They don’t take our cars. They don’t take our farm products. They sell millions and millions of cars in the United States. No, no, no, they are going to have to pay a big price.”
Politico
noted that Leyen’s maneuver to dodge the steep tariffs of 10% or more that Trump has threatened by promising to buy LNG is largely political theater granted the European Commission is virtually powerless when it comes to dictating European companies’ purchases of gas.
“The EU doesn’t buy LNG — there’s a global LNG market and LNG buyers have their own contract,” Laurent Ruseckas, executive director for gas markets at commodities giant S&P Global, told Politico. “It’s certainly possible to do a memorandum of understanding to talk about increasing purchases but ultimately in the past that’s been a way to put a political wrapper around something that was delivered by the market. And the EU is buying as much LNG currently as the market needs.”
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Trump’s win already shrinks thousands-strong migrant caravan
Donald Trump’s Tuesday presidential victory against Vice President Kamala Harris is already having a positive impact on illegal immigration, even months before his official inauguration.
In October, Blaze News reported that thousands of foreign nationals were making their way through Mexico, hoping to cross into the United States before an administration change.
‘They’re already self-pre-deporting. WE ARE SO BACK!!!’
At the time, Luis Garcia Villagran, director of the Tapachula-based Center for Human Dignity, told a local news outlet, “As we speak, 40,000 to 45,000 migrants, 30% from the Middle East and Africa, are stuck and trying to leave for the United States before the end of the year.”
On Thursday, Reuters reported that a 3,000-strong caravan headed toward the U.S.-Mexico border had shrunk by nearly half after Trump clinched the presidency.
Trump has vowed to make curbing illegal immigration one of his highest priorities, pledging mass deportation efforts.
According to Reuters, after hearing about Trump’s victory, many of those in the caravan “felt less hopeful about their chance at a new life in the United States.”
Valerie Andrade, a Venezuelan national, told the news outlet, “I had hoped [Kamala Harris] would win, but that didn’t happen.”
Others who remained in the caravan stated that they hope the Biden-Harris administration’s CBP One app will allow them to book an asylum appointment at the border before Trump is inaugurated.
During a Monday rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trump sent a message to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
“I’m going to inform [Mexico’s president] on day one or sooner that if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send into the United States of America,” Trump told his supporters.
“If that doesn’t work,” he continued, “I’ll make it 50%; if that doesn’t work, I’ll make it 75%. Then I’ll make it 100%.”
Real America’s Voice correspondent Oscar Ramirez noted that since Trump’s win, the Mexican government has taken a more proactive role in deterring migrants from heading to the U.S. border. He added that he still anticipates there will be an increase in illegal immigration in the final months of Joe Biden’s presidency as foreign nationals try to enter before Trump gets into office.
Donald Trump Jr. reacted to the news that the massive caravan had dropped to roughly 1,600 individuals.
“They’re already self-pre-deporting. WE ARE SO BACK!!!” he wrote on X.
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‘We will put your fat a** in prison’: Letitia James gets absolutely excoriated by prominent Trump legal ally
After Donald Trump decisively beat Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election, Trump-hating New York Attorney General Letitia James turned quite a few heads with a bizarre and cryptic speech vowing to “fight back” against the president-elect.
James — who campaigned for her office on the promise that she would go after Trump and sued him for hundreds of millions — spoke somberly with whispered endings to phrases, frequent dramatic pauses, and clipped, halting pronunciations of key words that seemed to reflect anger, shock, and sadness over Trump’s victory.
‘I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term. Because listen here, sweetheart: We’re not messing around this time.’
“We did not expect this result, but we are prepared to respond to this result,” James went on to say. “And my office has been preparing for several months because we’ve been here before. We faced this challenge before, and we used the rule of law to fight back. And we are prepared to fight back once again, because as the attorney general of this great state, it is my job to protect and defend the rights of New Yorkers and the rule of law. And I will not shrink from that responsibility.”
You can view video of her relevant remarks here, starting at the 9:20 mark.
‘Let me just say this to Big Tish James’
One prominent Trump legal ally was having none of James’ tough talk — and gave it right back to her.
Attorney Mike Davis — founder of the Article III Project, which “defends constitutionalist judges and the rule of law” — absolutely excoriated James during an appearance on “The Benny Show” podcast Thursday.
“Let me just say this to Big Tish James, the New York attorney general,” Davis said. “I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term. Because listen here, sweetheart: We’re not messing around this time. And we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights, and I promise you that.”
Davis also warned James to “think long and hard before you want to violate President Trump’s constitutional rights or any other American’s constitutional rights. … It’s not gonna happen again.”
Fox News said it reached out to James’ office seeking a response to Davis’ comments.
The cable network and other outlets characterized Davis as a possible attorney general candidate in the Trump administration, but Davis said in a Friday X post that while he “strongly” supports the president-elect, he’s “not going into his administration and [is] not under consideration for Attorney General.”
“As I have made crystal clear, I do not speak for President Trump or anyone else,” Davis added in his post. “Like tens of millions of other private citizens, I am outraged by the lawfare and weaponization of our system of justice, including the New York Attorney General’s political crusade. All of the witch hunts have to end so our Republic can survive and prosper under the leadership of President Trump.”
Anything else?
Following James’ speech, Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn blasted James, saying it was “maybe the most distasteful speech I’ve ever seen a government official give after someone won the American presidency, and I think it reflects exactly how Letitia James has been this entire time.”
Urbahn added that James “has done everything in her power to destroy Donald Trump. She failed. Do you know how we know she failed? Because Donald Trump won decisively last night. This lawfare campaign that we have seen waged against Trump by attorneys general, by federal and state prosecutors, and doing so by twisting the law in ways they had never done before. … They used the law against Donald Trump in ways they’ve never used against anyone else in their states, in this country, and the American people spoke loud and clear last night and said, ‘We’re done with this.’ And yet for the attorney general of the state of New York to go on and give that speech just now is disgraceful.”
While the Department of Justice has moved to end federal cases against Trump before he takes office in January, state cases against him — such as the civil fraud case James brought against Trump resulting in more than $450 million in penalties against him — still hang in the balance.
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Based Latinos: How Trump’s anti-woke, anti-illegal immigration policies WON their vote
Kamala Harris’ campaign never gave up on the messaging that Donald Trump was an evil racist only rivaled by the likes of Adolf Hitler — but unfortunately for them, very few Americans actually believed it.
“To me it’s more simple than we have heard in the mainstream media,” executive producer for Voz Karina Yapor tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.” “They are saying crazy stuff out there. I was listening to ‘The View’ hosts saying that Latino voters didn’t vote for Kamala Harris because we are racist and Latino males are misogynist.”
“It’s very racist for her to say that about us. It’s more simple than that. We care about economy first. I think that’s one of the reasons and the main reasons Latinos voted for Donald Trump,” she continues.
Not only do Latinos value the health of the economy like any other hard-working Americans, they also value the mental health of their children.
“They are realizing the woke agenda, they are realizing that they don’t want their children to be indoctrinated at school, they don’t want their children to be transitioned at school, and they are waking up and they are making their voices heard through their vote for sure,” Yapor explains.
Immigration was also a major issue on the ballot for Latinos, and Democrats mistakenly believed that would be the issue to sway them.
“The border counties in Texas, 50% of Hispanics voted for Donald Trump. So, what does that tell you? That tells you that Hispanics are being impacted as well by illegal immigration. The fact that we are Hispanics doesn’t mean that we support illegal immigration,” she continues.
“I am an immigrant myself. I support immigration. I think it’s a good thing when you have control of it,” she says, adding, “So, most Hispanics are in favor of immigration, but legal immigration.”
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Chaos ensues on ‘The View’ as co-host dares to encourage introspection over Harris’ brutal defeat
Since Donald Trump clinched the 2024 presidential race on Tuesday, the panel on “The View” has struggled to come to terms with the Democratic Party’s stinging defeat.
On Friday, an unlikely host, Sara Haines, attempted to provide the panel with an explanation of how Trump secured his sweeping victory. However, her insights were met with resistance from her fellow co-hosts.
‘They voted for him because they needed help in their everyday lives.’
Haines is certainly no fan of Trump herself, having previously accused the president-elect of believing “facts are optional” and stroking “fear and hate every single time he opens his mouth.”
Earlier this week, Haines called for regulations on social media sites to combat what she considers misinformation, Blaze News previously reported.
However, on Friday, Haines shared a different message, encouraging her co-hosts to engage in some introspection regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss.
She criticized the Democratic Party’s messaging, calling it “condescending.”
“It’s condescending, the way that the left speaks to its voters. It really is,” she said. “The message of not being educated, being dumb and what’s wrong with America.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin retorted, “What is wrong with America?”
“My point is, I don’t blame Joe Biden. I don’t blame Kamala Harris. Go back as far as you want. I blame a messaging within the Democratic Party,” Haines said.
“You don’t blame the Republican Party at all?” Hostin snapped.
“Can I just finish my point, please?” Haines continued, adding that she “obviously” has a problem with the GOP and Trump. “The bigger question should be, yes, Sunny, why did they vote for him?”
Hostin argued that it was Trump’s supporters who needed introspection.
“No, we need to be in introspective!” Haines replied. “If we voted for Kamala Harris, we need to say, ‘What didn’t resonate with the voters?’ You know what didn’t resonate with the voters? When they were saying we don’t feel safe, and the left focused on defund the police and bail reform.”
“When they were focused on renaming schools, there were people saying, ‘Hey, students are destroying colleges. I paid for that. I sent them there. They can’t learn,’ and everyone apologized for it and didn’t want to attend to it,” Haines continued. “They also denied the border was a crisis and kept saying, ‘No, no, no, it’s fine.’”
Joy Behar interrupted to mention that the Democrats supported a so-called border bill.
“My point is they [the voters] screamed and screamed and screamed. They didn’t vote for him because he’s a racist or a misogynist. They voted for him because they needed help in their everyday lives,” Haines concluded.
Throughout her speech, Haines faced multiple interruptions from Hostin and Behar.
Hostin claimed that the Democratic Party’s message to voters was not condescending but rather “one of joy and inclusiveness.”
Behar dismissed Trump supporters as racists and misogynists.
Haines replied, “Every racist and misogynist voted for Donald Trump; not everyone who voted for Donald Trump is a racist and a misogynist.”
Behar agreed with Haines. She earlier suggested that the Democratic Party has always supported the working class, attributing the loss to voters failing to pay attention.
Hostin, who on Thursday blamed “uneducated white women” and “Latino men” for Trump’s victory, claimed that the incoming administration would allow for increased gun violence in schools and worker exploitation.
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Michael Jordan sues NASCAR but is dealt major legal blow just 2 days before his driver competes in Cup Series championship
Michael Jordan’s racing team was dealt a painful blow by a United States district judge who denied his team’s request for an injunction just before the culmination of the 2024 NASCAR season.
Jordan, who co-owns 23XI Racing with three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, was joined by Front Row Motorsports in a suit against NASCAR and its chairman. The lawsuit claimed NASCAR gave all Cup Series teams a last-minute offer in September; but both teams refused to sign the offer on antitrust grounds.
Judge Whitney summarized much of the claims by the racing teams as being speculative and not definitive.
As reported by the New York Post, the racing team owners claimed NASCAR’s charter system limits competition by binding teams to the series, its tracks, and suppliers in an unfair manner.
The lawsuit said Chairman Jim France and NASCAR are “monopolistic bullies.”
The teams wanted the court to grant an injunction that would release them from a clause in the NASCAR charter that prevents them from suing its sanctioning body. However, U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney ruled mid-day Friday that the two racing teams did not meet the burden required to be granted the injunction.
The injunction would have allowed the teams to compete as usual (as chartered teams) while still suing NASCAR. Instead, they may now have to compete as “open” teams, which does not guarantee them a spot in NASCAR races and limits their revenue. This could cause drivers and sponsors to leave the teams because they are not privy to those guarantees.
As reported by NBC Sports, the judge decided that the plaintiffs did prove they would suffer “irreparable harm if the injunction is not granted.”
Judge Whitney summarized much of the claims by the racing teams as being speculative and not definitive.
“Although Plaintiffs have alleged that they will face a risk of irreparable harm, they have not sufficiently alleged present, immediate, urgent irreparable harm, but rather only speculative, possible harm,” the judge wrote.
The judge also noted that the teams “alleged a possibility” that they will lose sponsorship agreements, citing that this wording is “too speculative.”
The judge further wrote that the teams only “allege that their drivers may leave if Plaintiffs compete as open teams.”
“Presently, this harm is too speculative to merit a preliminary injunction.”
The judge went on, “Plaintiffs have not alleged that their business cannot survive without a preliminary injunction. Instead, they allege that their businesses may not survive without a preliminary injunction.”
The ruling went on similarly about “potential” losses and future business losses being “merely speculative.”
“As such, this speculative harm does not warrant the extraordinary relief of a preliminary injunction,” he concluded.
The ruling comes just two days before the NASCAR Cup Series Championship in Phoenix on Sunday.
Four drivers are headed into the final race in a tie for first place in the Cup Series standings; one of whom is the No. 45 car driven by Tyler Reddick for Jordan’s 23XI team.
23XI’s other driver, No. 23 Bubba Wallace, is in 18th place. Both drive Toyotas.
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Charlie Kirk pledges to Glenn Beck to seek full pardon for Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker, others
Charlie Kirk, the founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, told Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck that he would seek to obtain a full pardon for Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker.
Kirk made the comments while calling in on Beck’s radio show Friday.
‘Every nonviolent Jan. 6 offender, I’m gonna push — and President Trump has pledged — to give them full and complete pardons.’
“The lawfare stuff is not completely over, and I will say this, as somebody who is helping out with transition, I’m doing everything we possibly can, that the most important appointment that is coming, is who [President-elect Donald Trump] will choose for attorney general of the United States. That right there will set the tone for the entire presidency from lawfare, from the investigations, from the weaponization of the FBI,” Kirk said.
“And also Glenn, I will push, with every fiber of my being, for your Blaze journalist to get a full pardon, and this entire show-trial of him to get dropped,” he added.
“Thank you,” Beck responded. “It is craziness. Thank you.”
“It is crazy. And I can’t remember his name, but he is phenomenal.”
“Steve Baker,” Beck said.
Baker has been hounded by the Department of Justice for trespassing and other charges related to his reporting of the rioting of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 after the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty and argues that other journalists and photographers have not been prosecuted as he has.
Kirk went on to explain other steps Trump could take to undermine the deep state in the government.
“And by the way, every nonviolent Jan. 6 offender, I’m gonna push — and President Trump has pledged — to give them full and complete pardons and commute their sentences, on the nonviolent ones,” he said.
“I think that’s a huge statement and a demoralization event for the deep state that’s spent so much of their time and their careers going after everyday Americans who did absolutely nothing wrong,” Kirk continued. “And I think we have to lead with that. I think we have to push for hundreds of pardons. And I know that sounds extreme.”
He went on to opine that the founders would have been pleased at this use of the pardon power they wrote into the Constitution for the executive branch of the government.
In response to Kirk’s pledge, Baker told Blaze News: “I’m honored and grateful that Charlie remembers my case, and any help he can provide to myself and the other nonviolent J6 defendants in bringing this political lawfare to a final conclusion is greatly appreciated by all of us.”
Baker’s case is set to go to trial on Nov. 12.
Here’s more about the lawfare against Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker:
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Liberals need feminist version of Joe Rogan to capture ‘lost’ males, says MSNBC guest
Defeated and dejected Democrats continue to seek answers in the wake of their electoral implosion, and some even believe they need a feminist version of Joe Rogan.
‘When a man is just lost and lonely and not yet radicalized, we don’t have the equivalent of Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson to move that man in a feminist direction.’
Writer Anand Giridharadas made the case while a guest on MSNBC Friday, when he criticized the right-wing “media ecosystem” that had radicalized “lonely” males.
“It’s not a good one. It’s a negative one. It’s a — it’s a radicalization funnel,” he explained.
“But what they have done in their online media ecosystem is build a radicalization engine, literally the way militant groups do around the world, that takes people from relatively low-level annoyances with the world: ‘Why are eggs so expensive? Why is my kid learning this new thing in American history in school that I didn’t learn?’ And then moves them through YouTube videos, through podcasts, moves them from that annoyance all the way, slowly, slowly, slowly, to a full-blown fascist politics,” said Giridharadas.
“It’s an elaborate, multibillion-dollar infrastructure, and there is nothing like it on the pro-democracy side,” he continued. “When a man is just lost and lonely and not yet radicalized, we don’t have the equivalent of Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson to move that man in a feminist direction.”
Video of the bizarre suggestion was widely circulated on social media.
President-elect Donald Trump went through a three-hour interview on the incredibly popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast just ahead of Election Day.
Rogan said that he extended the same invitation to appear on the podcast to Vice President Kamala Harris, but the issue became contentious after the Harris campaign said it was unwilling to fly her to Rogan’s studio. Rogan said the campaign told him she wanted a shorter time period and wanted him to come to her, which he refused to do.
Harris defenders were furious at Rogan for what they saw as a disrespectful attitude against the candidate.
Trump went on to soundly defeat Harris, and Democrats are furiously seeking answers.
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Glenn Beck’s POWERFUL message to Democrats after Trump’s win
In the wake of Donald Trump’s historic victory over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, the New York Times released an op-ed titled “‘Trump’s America’: His Comeback Victory Signals a Different Kind of Country.”
It’s one of many calumnious pieces the news outlet, and others like it, have published since Trump’s victory was solidified in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Despite its defamatory nature, the article captures what the left is genuinely feeling at this moment in time.
Glenn Beck reads the closing statements from author Peter Baker. Two things are abundantly clear: Liberals are genuinely terrified of Donald Trump, and their anti-Trump narrative will not die easily.
“The assumption that Mr. Trump represented an anomaly who would at last be consigned to the ash heap of history was washed away Tuesday night by a red current that swept through the battleground states and swept away the understanding of America long nurtured by its ruling elite of both parties. No longer can the political establishment write off Mr. Trump as a temporary break from the long march of progress,” Glenn reads from the op-ed.
The piece went on to belabor the left’s anti-Trump narrative, lamenting America’s decision to elect “a convicted criminal as president” and hand “power back to a leader who tried to overturn a previous election, called for the termination of the Constitution and aspired to be a dictator on day one, and vowed to exact retribution against his adversaries.”
Baker also demonized the millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump, claiming that they brushed aside Trump’s “lies” and “wild conspiracy theories” and embraced him as “a victim of persecution” instead of “[dismissing] him as a felon found by various courts to be a fraudster, cheater, sexual abuser, and defamer.”
Baker called the election “a CAT scan on the American people.”
“As difficult as it is to say, as hard as it is to name, what it revealed, at least in part, is a frightening affinity for a man of borderless corruption,” he wrote.
Perhaps most disturbing, however, was Baker’s claim that Trump conditioned “Americans throughout this campaign to see American democracy as a failed experiment.”
“A victory for Trump would mean that this vision of America, and the recourse to violence as a means of solving political problems, has triumphed,” Baker declared.
Baker’s article captures the way liberal voters are feeling about Donald Trump’s victory. They genuinely believe that he is an evil tyrant who will destroy this country, and they are sickened that this was America’s choice. They feel the same way Trump voters would feel if Harris had won the election — disheartened and scared.
But Glenn has a message for these people.
“I do believe it comes from a misunderstanding of what our country is,” he says. “They’re looking at our country the way Woodrow Wilson defined it, and that is an administrative state,” but “what is in the American soul is something entirely different.”
“Who are we? What is it that we fight for?” Glenn asks.
“We see America more in the tradition of the Founding Fathers,” and “we believe that the American spirit is a force that inspires dreams; it also has fueled revolutions; it’s also driven some of the greatest innovations and achievements the world has ever seen. … We believe in the American individual,” says Glenn.
And to the liberals who would argue that they also believe in these things, Glenn says, “I don’t think you do because you want somebody to tell all of the individuals exactly what they must believe, what they must live, what they must eat, what they must drive, what they must teach their children.”
“We don’t believe that,” he says.
Glenn then explains how the founding of our country was only possible because the American spirit that longed for true freedom was stronger than the will of tyrants.
“They don’t determine our destiny — we do!” he proclaims, defining the American spirit and calling it “something that transcends race and religion or class.”
“We are exceptional because the rest of the world has been told ‘shut up and sit down.’ … What makes us exceptional is that we say, ‘Who are you to tell me that? You don’t control my life; you don’t control my vision; you don’t control my every movement,”’ Glenn exclaims.
“Our founders knew that governments left unchecked would accumulate power at the expense of the individual. We have been on this road that you in the New York Times may say is traditional,” “accepted,” and just “the way we are,” but “that is a perversion,” he says, pointing to 1916 as the time when the train tracks switched and America adopted the idea that “man cannot rule himself.”
But to believe that is to admit that “you don’t understand who Americans are.”
To hear more of Glenn’s epic speech, check out the clip above.
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Democrats held hostage by party’s far-left radicals, top Hillary aide admits
Philippe Reines, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, lamented how the Democratic Party is being held hostage by the radicals within it, costing the party in elections.
Reines claimed that many Democrats actually are concerned about the Biden-Harris border crisis and oppose men playing in women’s sports.
“I think Democrats believe in commonsense stuff more than you realize. I mean, it’s not like we sit at home and don‘t talk to anyone. Most Democrats I know think there is a huge problem at the border. Most Democrats I know think, frankly, that males at birth should not play women’s sports and vice versa,” Reines told CNN on Friday.
‘If you are going to ignore the political consequences of these kinds of things, then you’re asking to lose these elections in the manner that we did.’
“Either way, here‘s the problem: I am not concerned about what the right thinks about the Democratic Party. I am concerned about what I think about the Democratic Party. … I don‘t like the fact that a small portion of our party is pretty much dictating where we are. Pretty much, we are being branded as the most extreme of us,” he continued.
“Again, I’m afraid to say something wrong. The woke stuff, the PC-police stuff. You’ll see Republicans who say they’re afraid to say X. I’m afraid to say X. These congressmen are afraid to say X. Why?” Reines said.
As if to prove Reines’ point, the Boston Globe reported Rep. Seth Moulton’s (D-Mass.) campaign manager and PAC director resigned after Moulton said he is against having men playing in women’s sports because he has concerns for his daughters.
The long-serving chairman of the Democratic Party in Texas also resigned this week in part because he said the Democrats’ embrace of transgenderism at the expense of women made them lose badly in the 2024 election.
“You could, for example, you can support transgender rights up and down all the categories where the issue comes up, or you can understand that there’s certain things that we just go too far on, that a big bulk of our population does not support,” Gilberto Hinojosa remarked. “If you are going to ignore the political consequences of these kinds of things, then you’re asking to lose these elections in the manner that we did.”
Moulton’s and Hinojosa’s comments about transgenderism created a fierce backlash from progressives.
One of the reasons why President-elect Donald Trump won the election is because his campaign was able to successfully highlight the extreme positions Vice President Kamala Harris took on social issues, like wanting to provide taxpayer-funded surgeries to prison inmates and illegal immigrants in U.S. custody.
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10 things I learned in prison
Pat Stedman was released from federal prison on October 27, 2024, after serving a year behind bars for his presence in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Stedman was in Washington, D.C., that day to protest 2020 election fraud and to petition Congress to vote against certifying the election prematurely in order to give the various swing states the opportunity to investigate voting irregularities, as was requested by numerous members of their legislatures.
While Stedman followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted along with them, he did not engage in any violence.
Nonetheless, he was sentenced to 48 months for a felony offense, obstruction of an official proceeding — an Enron-era financial crimes law that theJustice Department weaponized against January 6 protesters.
Stedman was released early following the Supreme Court’s ruling that prosecutors had applied the obstruction law — originally meant to target the destruction of evidence — too broadly.
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Just under two weeks ago I was released from federal prison, one year to the day that I came in. Here are 10 things I learned in this crucible.
1. Your opinion doesn’t matter
In the civilian world, everyone feels entitled to say what they want, and most people take offense when others don’t agree with them. We live in an outrage culture that thrives on people spouting off on each other. This is basically X.
In prison, this kind of behavior isn’t wise. Unless asked, you keep quiet about your opinions and learn to tolerate others. You don’t provoke them. Arguments turn violent frequently. If you want to be right, prepare to fight.
And don’t get me started on the knives people make. The human mind placed under pressure is capable of incredible ingenuity.
2. Respect is paramount
Prison was one of the most respectful environments I’ve been in. More respectful than a country club.
Everyone says “excuse me” or “my bad” when passing by someone or interrupting a conversation. You hold doors for others. Entitled behavior is punished. The higher security the prison, the more dangerous it gets. Even moving someone’s chair without asking can lead to violence.
But it’s easy to avoid conflict. If you stay out of ego and treat people with respect, you will have few problems.
3. Necessity is truly the mother of invention
No lighter and want to smoke a cigarette? Two batteries and a wire will do the trick. Want to cook but no stove or microwave? You can boil water in a bucket with two cables wrapped around a metal slab plugged into an outlet.
I’ve even seen a convection oven built out of soda cans and loose wires. And don’t get me started on the knives people make. The human mind placed under pressure is capable of incredible ingenuity.
4. Prisons are mental institutions
After long stretches in prison, even strong men start to lose it. In some cases it’s obvious — people talking to themselves. But in most cases it’s more subtle. Looping conversations. Pacing the room back and forth constantly. Hoarding junk. Easily stressed by inconveniences. Paranoid.
Long lockdowns, boring routines, and constant assaults on humanity by guards can bring you down to an animal-like level. Some people come in like this. But most are made this way by the conditions. There’s a term for it: “institutionalized.”
5. Paperwork matters
The two classes of offenders at the bottom of the totem pole in prison are chomos (“child molesters,” used as a catch-all term for all sex offenders) and rats. It is very important that you have your prisoner “paperwork” to prove that you’re not one of them.
Fort Dix is a dumping ground for these types of prisoners, so they are allowed on the yard, unlike in higher-security prisons. But they are still the bottom of the totem pole and are disproportionately targeted for extortion and robbery.
Rats in particular are despised, which is understandable considering that most inmates are in prison because of them. Have your paperwork ready, or keep a low profile and stick to where you’re allowed.
6. Race is real and relevant
Prison is a tribal environment. You are categorized immediately based on your ethnicity and filtered accordingly into “cars.”
White guys have their table. Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, etc. each have their own as well.
Black guys organize based on geography, i.e. New York, Pennsylvania, Carolina. You can join their car even if you aren’t black, but it only happens rarely, usually if the guy in question also came from “the hood.”
The separation creates stability; the differences are apparent and universally recognized.
But respect is color-blind. There are dirtbags in every race as well as honorable men. The good men are friendly with each other regardless of background. Conflict between cars is uncommon and avoided at all costs. It’s called “crashing out,” and gets ugly. To avoid this, troublemakers are policed by their own.
7. Everything is relative
Fort Dix was real prison to me. But to guys who came from the higher-security institutions, it wasn’t.
You could go outside regularly. There weren’t bars on your cell doors. Even during lockdowns, you could still move around the building, use phones and computers, sometimes even watch TV.
I came to appreciate little things a lot. Being able to go to the gym, a little extra food at the chow hall, getting your comissary early, an unlocked door so you could move around easier — these all felt like “freedom.”
The abundance we have on the outside is amazing. After this year, something as simple as bread with butter and jam tasted like heaven to me.
8. Our information overload is extreme
After two days back in the “real world,” I was absolutely overwhelmed by the amount of information we receive. In prison, I had no access to the internet and limited communication with the outside world.
I didn’t scroll through feeds or messages. I talked to people or read. I was focused and present, had real conversations, actually learned some things. I can already feel the siren song of distraction calling me since I’ve been back.
Honestly, I prefer the clarity I had in there to the deluge of nonsense out here. There is something wrong with the way we are living. It’s not healthy or natural, and that explains so much of our growing social dysfunction.
9. You really notice women
Being around high-testosterone men 24/7, you become very attuned to even the slightest amount of feminine energy in the environment. Everyone notices female guards, even if they don’t gawk at them.
Little flourishes of femininity go a long way. You can almost smell it before you see it. I remember staring at my wife during visits, intoxicated by her presence. This was about more than just sex. The way her hair fell on her shoulder, the way she moved. Everything about her was refreshing — I just wanted to take it all in.
10. You can adjust to anything
My first few weeks in prison were tough. There were a lot of rules I didn’t understand that I had to learn. And to put it lightly, it was a very different environment to get used to, with very different types of people.
But then all of a sudden, all this newness became normal. I was living in a ghetto behind barbed-wire fences, and there wasn’t anything weird about it. I’d fist-bump gangsters and sneak apples out of the chow hall in my socks, as if this was just a part of life.
It’s still surreal for me to look back on it. I just left this world. And it already feels like a dream.
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Texas Democratic Party chairman steps down after admitting voters aren’t on board with trans extremism
President-elect Donald Trump achieved a massive victory in Texas, beating Kamala Harris by over
1.56 million votes for a decisive 56.3% to 42.4% finish. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (R) handily beat Colin Allred 50.4% to 42.2% while other Republicans secured 25 U.S. House seats and flipped two seats in the state House.
Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa faced enormous backlash this week for suggesting that a contributing factor to his party’s humiliating defeat was its obsession with gender ideology. Evidently unable to weather the storm, Hinojosa announced his resignation Friday.
Hinojosa, who has led the Texas Democratic Party for 12 years,
told the Texas Newsroom Wednesday that Trump’s promise to institute mass deportations and limit legal immigration resonated with voters across the beleaguered state, highlighting Trump’s successes in every single county in the Rio Grande Valley and elsewhere across South Texas.
“Why do you think that Trump did so well with Hispanics? Because Hispanics live on the border,” said Hinojosa. “We’re talking about thousands of people crossing into the United States, and the government [under Joe Biden] is perceived not to be able to do anything to solve it.”
‘You have a choice as a party.’
The
network exit poll conducted by Edison Research found that 14% of respondents said immigration was the most important issue motivating their vote. 90% of those who signaled as much voted for Trump. Of the 26% of respondents who identified as Hispanic, 55% said they voted for Trump.
While concerns over the border crisis certainly helped turn former blue areas on the map red, Hinojosa recognized that Democrats’ desperation to pander to transvestites and gender ideologues likely alienated some voters.
“You have a choice as a party,” said the former chairman. “You could, for example, you can support transgender rights up and down all the categories where the issue comes up, or you can understand that there’s certain things that we just go too far on, that a big bulk of our population does not support.”
The Texas Democratic Party’s losing 2024 platform
calls for:
“LGBTQIA+ inclusive” sex education programs;
sex-change “medical care” and other accommodations for transvestites in prison;
the immediate passage and enactment of the Equality Act by Congress, which would add “gender identity” to federal nondiscrimination law and enable men to compete in women’s sports;
the affirmation that male transvestites are women, that female transvestites are men, and “that there are more than two genders”;
protections for drag shows;
keeping parents in the dark about signs of kids’ gender dysphoria at school; and
keeping sex-change drugs and mutilations available for confused Texans.
It was no secret ahead of the election that Democrats’ LGBT activism and views on transvestism were outside the mainstream of public opinion.
According to a Manhattan Institute poll conducted in late June, 74% of all likely voters, 76% of independents, 95% of Republicans, and 37% of Democrats indicated that transvestic athletes should play on sports teams with other members of their sex.
‘It is time to do the right thing.’
When asked whether schools should be required to inform parents if their children use incorrect pronouns at school, 67% of likely voters said, “Yes.”
An overwhelming 69% of likely voters said that children who claim to be “transgender” should not be allowed to receive sex-change treatments before the age of 18. When asked about sterilizing puberty blockers, 76% of respondents said that minors under the age of 18 “are not old enough to consent to puberty blocking treatments.” 82% of respondents said minors are not old enough to consent to sex-change mutilations.
Hinojosa appears to have been right, which made him wrong for the Texas Democratic Party.
The Texas-based political action committee Mothers Against Greg Abbott was among the radical groups that demanded his immediate resignation.
Just prior to
attacking white women, claiming they “always disappoint,” the PAC tweeted, “Today we call on every single Texas County Democratic Chair, union and Grassroots organization to ask for the resignation of our Party Leadership. It is time to do the right thing.”
The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas said in a statement
obtained by WFAA-TV, “Blaming members of the LGBTQ+ community — particularly trans Texans who already face disproportionate discrimination and hostility — is deeply irresponsible and counterproductive.”
“The Texas Democratic Party should be a safe haven for all marginalized groups and should champion inclusion,” added the LGBT activist group.
The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
noted Thursday, “Hey @HinojosaTX, hate is not a Texas value, and it shouldn’t be a value of @texasdemocrats. Throwing blame on Trans people is disgustingly demonstrative at worst, and a disingenuous excuse at best.”
Hinojosa soon found himself in a struggle session on social media, backpedaling in vain.
“I extend my sincerest apologies to those I hurt with my comments today. I recognize the pain and frustration my words have caused,”
said Hinojosa. “In frustration over the GOP’s lies to incite hate for trans communities, I failed to communicate my thoughts with care and clarity.”
On Friday, Hinojosa
announced he was stepping down.
“In the days and weeks to come, it is imperative that our Democratic leaders across the country reevaluate what is best for our party and embrace the next generation of leaders to take us through the next four years of Trump and win back seats up and down the ballot,” wrote Hinojosa. “That is why today I’m announcing that I’ll be stepping aside in the new year at the Spring SDEC meeting in March 2025, and passing the torch to the next generation. While this was a hard decision, it is the best decision for our party.”
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