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San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa said he doesn’t regret wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat on the field in Levi’s Stadium, even if he gets fined for it.

Following a 30-24 win over the Dallas Cowboys on October 27, three of Bosa’s teammates were participating in an interview with NBC’s Melissa Stark.

As Stark was asking star quarterback Brock Purdy about his halftime locker-room speech, Bosa popped up behind the two wearing a white MAGA hat with gold letters.

About a week later, reporters caught up with Bosa in the locker room to ask him about the “Sunday Night Football” incident.

‘Clearly the nation spoke, and we got what we got.’

“Nick, you could be fined for your hat; what are your thoughts on that?” one reporter asked.

Bosa paused to think before saying, “I don’t know; I haven’t got one yet. If it comes, it comes.”

“Did you feel that going in, that that could be a possibility?” a second reporter asked.

Clearly trying to be careful with his response, Bosa calmly replied, “It was well worth it.”

“I don’t think my position on speaking about it is going to change; clearly the nation spoke, and we got what we got,” he added.

Another media member chimed in off-screen, asking Bosa if he had watched any of the election coverage, to which Bosa replied that he had “fun” and a “good time” watching.

“I stayed up,” Bosa said, before the media session was quickly ended by 49ers staff.

Bosa was just one of several Trump-related headlines from the NFL leading up to the 2024 election; Bosa’s teammate threw support behind the president, as well.

49ers offensive lineman Jon Feliciano defended Trump against claims that there were racist remarks by a comedian at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York.

“The only Puerto Ricans that are mad about Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke, are mad because it helps push their agenda,” Feliciano, a Puerto Rican himself, wrote on X.

On the eve of Election Day, the mother of Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes endorsed Trump from the press box before the game.

“Make America Great Again! Let’s do it,” Randi Mahomes said.

Furthermore, Buffalo Bills fans got a little more familiar with their home team’s house rules when they found out they couldn’t wear a “Trump 2024” T-shirt at Highmark Stadium.

A group of fans clashed with a security guard who told them political T-shirts of any kind weren’t allowed in the venue.

The fans argued, but according to the Highmark Stadium guide, “Clothing or material with profane language or obscene graphics or anything political in nature” is prohibited in the venue.

The NFL does not have a prohibition on such material league-wide, but much like some political issues, the decision is left to each individual team.

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Over the past few years, Americans have gone through a mental and cultural revolution, and Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” believes it was a necessary one.

“Without the pain and suffering we went through the last four years, we wouldn’t be in position to make America great again,” Whitlock says.

“Everybody understands this. … Those of us trying to lose weight, we know that every time we work out and exercise and push ourselves and go through that pain, that’s what benefits us. That’s what allows us to gain muscle and to improve ourselves,” he continues.

And through that improvement, Americans were able to stand up.

“It’s exactly what needed to happen in order for a lot of white men, black men, Hispanic men to say, ‘Hey, you can call me whatever you want, but I’m going to stand up for male leadership, I’m going to stand against these evil people that are forcing this transgenderism on kids, I’m going to stand up to the people that have made abortion the center of their entire political movement,” Whitlock says.

However, while what Americans have been through under a tyrannical Biden-Harris administration has been at times been brutal — for those imprisoned after January 6 or for protesting at abortion clinics, for those forced to vaccinate against their will or who lost their jobs for refusing it, and so much more — we’re not victims.

“None of us want to consider ourselves victims, because we’re not. We deserve the suffering that we went through because we’ve been so irresponsible that the left has been in position to do what they were doing because we were cowards,” Whitlock says.

“That suffering was necessary, and thank God, we got through it,” he continues, adding, “And now we’re on the other side, and we can receive the benefits for that suffering.”

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The 2024 election will forever be remembered as one of the most significant political statements ever made by American voters.

For the first time since the dark days of the Obama era, there is absolutely no doubt who won the presidential election.

Mainstream media outlets might not have died on election night, but they were wheeled into hospice care.

There were no hanging chads in Florida. No reports of widespread election fraud. No cries of “Russia, Russia, Russia!”

There was nothing but a big, beautiful red wave — and with it, a mandate for change.

The American people have spoken, and their voice was loud and clear.

They want an end to the chaos at the border.

They want parents to be back in charge of their children’s education and for public schools to stop indoctrinating kids with insane ideas about socialism and basic biology.

They want prices to fall and wages to rise.

They want peace in Europe and the Middle East, not weak leadership and a flirtatious relationship with nuclear war.

In the coming months, much will and should be said about Republicans and the Trump administration 2.0. They have a golden opportunity to show Americans why free-market, pro-liberty policies work, and in the process, to usher in a new Reagan-like era of trust in the conservative movement.

I hope they don’t mess it up.

But this isn’t about the Republicans’ landslide victory. I don’t want to talk about the winners. I want to talk about the losers, and no, not just the sitting vice president.

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris was a disastrous candidate. She was the perfect poisonous political cocktail of bitterness, anger, radicalism, and entitlement. She did nothing to earn the position of being president. She was chosen by party elites, not Democratic voters, and even they didn’t want her.

Harris lost to Trump in a historic landslide, but she cannot possibly be thought of as the night’s biggest loser. In life, she has far outperformed her talents and achievements.

In fact, I would argue Harris should be proud of herself. Of all the untalented people in the history of America, Harris has managed to get the furthest in life, and she should be applauded for it.

Harris is a loser, make no mistake about it. But she’s not the 2024 election’s biggest loser.

The Democratic Party

A good case could be made for the Democratic Party in general, of course. It not only lost the White House in stunning fashion, it also lost control of the Senate and blew its chance of taking over the House of Representatives, too.

The case for the Democrats as the night’s biggest loser is much stronger. The 2024 election was a self-inflicted political gunshot wound to the head. For eight years, the Democrats have increasingly become more radical in their economic and social policies, driving away key demographics into the welcoming arms of the pro-liberty movement.

If we can say anything for certain about big media outlets, it’s that they tried their little hearts out to stop Trump.

Republicans have become a big tent of ideas. It’s now the party of Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump, Thomas Massie, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz. That’s a remarkable statement, one that seemed impossible eight years ago.

Further, early exit polling shows that Trump performed much better with groups that typically cast their ballots for Democrats, including young Americans and Latinos. This appears to have been an especially massive problem for Democrats in swing states, although more data is likely needed to know for sure.

But as bad as things were for the Democratic Party and its donors — who spent far more than $1 billion to help a terrible presidential candidate lose in an Electoral College landslide — there is another, even more pathetic group deserving of taking the top spot in our quest to find the election’s biggest loser.

And the ‘winner’ is …

For more than eight years, one group tried harder than any other to destroy Donald Trump, and on election night, their efforts proved to have been an abject failure.

The 2024 election’s biggest loser is unquestionably the so-called “mainstream” media, which includes the nation’s largest newspapers, magazines, news and commentary websites, and television stations.

From the New York Times and Washington Post to the alphabet-soup of propaganda networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC — the left-wing, state-affiliated media organizations that have dominated America for decades are now nothing more than historic relics. The kind of thing you might hang on your office wall for nostalgia but that you couldn’t possibly use in a meaningful way any longer.

Big media outlets used to matter. They used to be news sources that most Americans counted on — even when they shouldn’t have. But no longer. Mainstream media outlets might not have died on election night, but they were wheeled into hospice care. And the illness appears terminal. They aren’t going to make it.

If we can say anything for certain about big media outlets, it’s that they tried their little hearts out to stop Trump.

They spread malicious lies about Russia collusion. They trafficked in endless conspiracy theories and outright lies, like the infamous “very fine people” Charlottesville allegation.

They promoted totally absurd and often unconstitutional and unethical get-Trump lawfare campaigns.

They helped, along with the government, to pressure technology companies to silence free speech.

They largely ignored countless scandals and failures of the Biden-Harris administration, from remarkably big problems — like the Biden crime family scandal — to the smaller but still incredible moments from the disastrous Biden era. (Somehow, the American people still do not know who left that bag of cocaine in the White House.)

They dishonestly and outrageously suggested Trump and many of his supporters were aligned with fascism — an ideology that is properly put on the left side of the American political spectrum. They made outlandish, bizarre, and downright stupid connections between Trump and the Nazis.

They even inspired a crazy person to take a shot at Trump, miraculously only grazing his right ear.

And they sought to destroy anyone — personally, professionally, and financially — who stood on Trump’s side.

But despite all of that, and a whole lot more, the anti-Trump, old-guard, state-aligned media failed spectacularly to keep Trump out of the White House. Thousands of fake news articles, opinion pieces, dire television appearances, and biased investigations couldn’t do the job.

Much can be learned from the 2024 election, but the biggest, most exciting part of it all is that the establishment media has proven to be an outdated, dying, impotent institution.

This analysis is no longer an opinion, as some might think, but an empirical fact. If hundreds of media outlets working in concert to defeat one man cannot do it, after nearly a decade of trying, then there’s no possibility they ever will.

We have entered a new era of media and journalism, and it couldn’t come soon enough. Surely, this new period will not be perfect. But at the very least, we can say that elites’ stranglehold on news, information, and culture has finally broken.

And no matter where you sit on the ideological spectrum, that’s something worth celebrating.

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The woman who refused to shutter her Texas salon during government-imposed COVID lockdowns is now headed to Austin, having won the state House seat for District 62.

Shelley Luther made national headlines in 2020 after she was arrested and sentenced to spend a week in jail for criminal contempt of court, having reopened her North Dallas hair salon in defiance of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s stay-at-home orders.

‘It was God. It was how he chose to save me for such a time as this.’

Following her sudden rise to fame, Luther decided to become politically involved and ran as a Republican for the Texas Senate, a bid that was ultimately unsuccessful.

In 2022, Luther then challenged two-term incumbent state Rep. Reggie Smith in the Texas House District 62 Republican primary. Once again, she came up short.

About a year later, Luther suffered a brain aneurysm that nearly cost her her life. “I … definitely should have died,” Luther said in a statement to Blaze News.

After a grueling recovery process, Luther, a woman of deep Christian faith, felt God calling her to give a run for office one more try. “I realize now that I wasn’t ready to win back in 2020, even though I thought I was,” she told Blaze News.

Earlier this year, she once again challenged Smith in the Republican primary for the District 62 Texas House seat. This time, she won, as Blaze News previously reported.

District 62 — which represents Grayson, Franklin, Fannin, and Delta Counties — is conservative, so Luther’s win in the Republican primary in March boded well for her chances in the 2024 general election.

Even still, Luther seems to have outperformed. On Tuesday, she trounced her Democrat opponent, Tiffany Drake, earning more than 75% of the nearly 85,000 votes cast.

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“It was God. It was how he chose to save me for such a time as this,” she told Blaze News.

Though Luther ostensibly hopes to prevent further cases of onerous governmental overreach such as the lockdowns of 2020, she has other issues she wants to address as well.

One issue of particular concern in the area is funding for public education. Luther supports the expansion of school vouchers but claims lawmakers can still adequately fund local school districts with more available vouchers.

“For me, school vouchers and public school funding are two different things,” she told KXII on election night. “Even if we do pass school vouchers, that doesn‘t mean we can’t make sure that rural schools have the money they need to be successful too.”

Whatever the challenges, Luther indicated to Blaze News that she feels ready to meet them.

“With God’s suit of armor and protection, I am ready to go to battle and answer only to Him. Fortunately, for my constituents, they will receive those blessings in His honor.”

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Former comedian Rosie O’Donnell was one of the many liberals who decided to film and share their meltdowns over President Donald Trump’s landslide victory this week.

O’Donnell suggested in a Wednesday TikTok video that Kamala Harris’ crushing defeat signaled again the need for a radical transformation of the American republic, namely the abolition of the Electoral College. Trump
secured 312 electoral votes Tuesday, and Harris managed to nab only 226 votes.

It appears the grieving Trump critic was unaware that even without that institution, which enhances the status of minority interests and prompts political candidates to appeal to the whole of the nation as opposed to a few populous coastal states, she still would have ended up crying on TikTok.

O’Donnell’s
video was captioned, “I remain stunned and kinda numb #thankyoukamalaharris,” with the addition, “resist fascism #neverforget” — an apparent attempt to draw a parallel between Trump’s success and the Holocaust.

Holding back tears, the 62-year-old Trump critic, who celebrated the Republican president’s felony conviction earlier this year, said, “So what can we say? We watched Kamala do her speech — must have been very difficult to do — and Claire McCaskill crying on ‘Deadline White House’ with Nicolle Wallace, and so many touching videos from people today talking about how to take care of yourself when you’re, you know, overwhelmed and stressed and scared.”

“Get ready,” said O’Donnell, “because we’re in for one hell of a ride with him at the helm and no immunity guardrails.”

Hours before the former comedian posted her video, the
markets surged in response to Trump’s win — the first time the Dow jumped over 1,000 points in a single day since November 2022.

Midway through the video, O’Donnell said, “How about we get rid of the Electoral College? Does that — anybody like that? Anyone? I’m not so sure any more. It’s a popular vote. That’s what we need to do. Who gets the most votes wins. One vote, one person. No racist math in the equation. Okay?

“That’s what I’d like to do,” continued O’Donnell. “Spend my life doing that, right. Find a cause you believe in and go right for it.”

‘Who is going to tell her?’

President Trump not only won a landslide victory where it counts — the Electoral College — but also became the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote. At the time of publication, Decision Desk HQ
indicated that Trump had nearly 73 million votes — 4,637,738 million more votes than Harris. The difference roughly amounts to the population of Louisiana.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
noted, “The scope of the victory — electoral swing state domination, popular vote victory, and a Republican-controlled Senate — represents a decisive rejection of the Biden-Harris administration.”

Critics online poked fun at O’Donnell’s failure to appreciate that her advocacy would likely not have prevented another Trump victory.

“Who is going to tell her?”
wrote one X user.

The Pittsburgh-based sports commentator John Steigerwald
asked, “Is she still in favor of packing the Supreme Court?”

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Millions of people around the world were holding their breath last night. I’ve talked to Europeans to try to get a bead on what’s happening over there. There are Europeans like you and me who are frustrated with their own globalist, tyrannical bureaucracies telling them how to live and what to believe. If Donald Trump didn’t win, where in the world would they look to for hope that this madness would stop? Which leader could they count on to stand in the gap against their globalist elites? They, too, had a lot on the line in our election last night.

But today brings hope, not only in America but for freedom-loving people worldwide.

We need to restore the balance of power in the federal government — the way America’s founders intended.

We know Trump is going to stop the madness at the southern border. He is going to deport serial criminals and sex offenders who entered our country under Biden and Harris’ watch. The media will try to convince you that deportations are something akin to Hitler, but they turn a blind eye to their Democratic predecessors who have deported even more illegal immigrants than Trump. In fact, Bill Clinton deported more illegal immigrants than any president in U.S. history, shipping 11 million out of the country in the 1990s. In contrast, Trump deported less than a million during his first term, which is even less than the 1.8 million under the Obama administration.

Deportations of criminals who are in our country illegally is critical to protecting the safety of the American people, a practice that has been exercised by presidents for decades.

Our friends across the pond have been witnessing the destruction of their societies since EU globalists opened Europe’s floodgates to immigrants in 2015. Crime is rampant, communities governed by Sharia law are multiplying, and their social programs are being pushed to a breaking point. Tuesday night gave them reason to hope. America is going to say, “No more,” and perhaps this will be the rallying cry for our European brothers-in-arms to stand up as well.

The election was also a major blow to draconian globalist organizations. The United States will no longer be beholden to the Paris Climate Accords. Our nation will no longer give credence to the World Economic Forum. We won’t give the World Health Organization a single penny more. All these very well-planned globalist initiatives are going away.

But Trump can’t act alone. Thank God we won the Senate. This is an incredible step forward, but for these big plans to come to fruition, we need the House. If the Republicans — actual freedom-loving, Constitution-abiding Republicans — don’t have the House, you’re not going to be able to get things done except by executive order, which we don’t want to do. One reason things were so bad during the last four years is that Joe Biden simply signed executive orders to reverse everything that Trump accomplished, completely bypassing Congress. We have to do it the right way. We need to restore the balance of power in the federal government — the way America’s founders intended.

One of the most hopeful things Trump said Tuesday night is that we’re going to enter a new golden era in America. I believe him. He could have said that in 2020, and I wouldn’t have believed him as much as I believe him now. That’s because Trump now has a team of people that’s not exclusively comprised of politicians.

Bringing in somebody like Elon Musk is one of the most hopeful things for our country I’ve witnessed in my lifetime. I know that guy can cut spending. I know he will find the waste in our government because he’s not a government guy — he’s a businessman. He’s going to slash all the redundancies that have been justified by career bureaucrats for decades. We have a chance of cutting our budget and creating a reasonable one.

Trump’s promise to cut regulations also spells hope for our country. He cut more regulation in his first term than any other president, but Biden and Harris have since added a mountain of rules. He will have his work cut out for him, but he will get it done. He must if this economy will roar again.

We could have a true rebirth of freedom and the American dream, and I find that really hopeful. So many Americans are tired of worrying about their kids struggling and seeing Bidenomics and regulation yank from their children’s hands the possibility of the American dream that they attained. Donald Trump is the biggest chance of bringing it back.

Today, I’m filled with hope. Real, tangible hope. And you should be, too.

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That rumble, thud, and explosion heard in the wee hours of Nov. 6 was the sound of the largest investigation in FBI history crashing into the dustbin of history.

When Decision Desk projected that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania gave Donald J. Trump the 270 Electoral College votes he needed for victory, the Jan. 6 ship of state fell to earth like the Luftschiff Zeppelin Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.

Boom.

Perhaps at no time in the modern era has a presidential vote been watched so keenly as January 6ers watched the evening of Nov. 5. Their cries of redemption broke the early-morning calm on Nov. 6 across all 50 states.

The January 6 machine is dead. Long live the January 6 machine.

From the dingy cells of the District of Columbia jail, the unwavering tones of the national anthem rang out more assuredly than on hundreds of other nights over the past nearly four years.

Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o‘er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Somewhere out in the ether, the echoes of President Gerald R. Ford hung in the air:

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule. But there is a higher Power, by whatever name we honor Him, who ordains not only righteousness but love, not only justice but mercy.

As the electoral map began to take shape the evening of Nov. 5, the accused and long aggrieved of Jan. 6 felt a growing sense of hope — something they never received from two years of GOP control in the U.S. House of Representatives.

That hope was brought home by the maligned, impeached, attacked, mocked, and despised man whom the American left shot in the ear because they simply could not beat him with ideas — or honest ballots.

Deux ex machina, thy name is Trump.

Capitol Police take down a Jan. 6 protester on the West Plaza at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images

How bitter the sight must have been for the D.C. elites and oligarch class to behold: the despised orange man at the dais declaring Nov. 5 as “the day Americans regained control of their country.”

Donald J. Trump’s seemingly impossible ascent from the ashes of Jan. 6 will loom over American history in a way no other event or political movement ever has.

The January 6 machine is dead. Long live the January 6 machine.

While the FBI and the inaptly named U.S. Department of Justice might continue pushing the creaking wheels of “shock and awe” to ensnare a few dozen more January 6ers, the tires will be flat soon enough.

In a way, Trump owed this victory to his followers and supporters who were ground up in the shredder of selective prosecution for protesting election fraud — and getting caught up in rioting that was meant to mortally wound the career of the 45th president of the United States.

January 6 still cries out for investigation and action on a range of issues — an effort that should begin even before Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and Kamala Devi Harris depart the White House on Jan. 20, 2025.

Pardon me, Mr. President

Many if not most of those whose lives were ruined by Jan. 6 have hoped a Trump victory would bring pardons or commutations to put an end to the political warfare waged from the left on Middle America.

Trump has frequently talked about issuing pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, but the devil in that project will be in the details. A blanket pardon or pardons restricted to nonviolent cases? What would accomplish justice and begin healing? Some of those discussions have already taken place.

A real January 6 investigation

The work product of the so-called Jan. 6 investigations has been heavy on narrative and light on truth. Congress should not shirk or duck this important duty. The full weight of Congress, amply funded, is needed to cut through the propaganda and unearth the truth. The Department of Defense played a bigger role than has been disclosed publicly. Investigators need to document which troops were at the Capitol that day and what their mission was.

How much did the myriad Jan. 6 investigations and 1,500-plus prosecutions cost the American taxpayer?

Should the Justice Department be downsized? Should investigators instead look at the roles played by Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and other Justice Department brass in designing and arming the Jan. 6 prosecution machine?

Fedsurrection, fedsurrection

There is too much smoke surrounding this issue for there not to be fire. What was the federal law enforcement presence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and what did agents and informants do? Was there incitement or entrapment? And if there were large numbers of feds present, why did they not help quell the rioting that broke out?

Reforms need to be examined to correct how confidential human sources are used and managed in FBI investigations. A pattern suggesting routine entrapment demands some kind of check on the power of the informant.

New criminal probes

Special prosecutors should be employed or grand juries impaneled to investigate the killing of Ashli Babbitt and the senseless, horrific beating and death of Rosanne Boyland. The D.C. bubble has hidden many facts and ignored many others that contributed to these two Jan. 6 tragedies.

Rosanne M. Boyland is wheeled to a rescue squad from the Crypt level of the U.S. Capitol about 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021. Many questions remain about Boyland’s death.Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images

Torture behind bars

Congress failed to investigate and expose the banana republic torture and abuse visited upon many dozens of men and women in D.C. pretrial detention and at Bureau of Prisons facilities. These victims’ stories should be documented and shown to the American people in televised prime-time hearings.

Capitol Police transparency

Congress needs to rein in the U.S. Capitol Police, making the department more directly accountable to the American people. The agency does not believe its records should be available to the public. The Capitol Police often ignore or deny requests from media. Judicial Watch Inc. has engaged in years of litigation to obtain records.

Congress should closely examine the Capitol Police Jan. 6 timeline and what took place since that day. How many officers faced retaliation for reporting issues and problems to the USCP inspector general? Was there a shadow administration undercutting former Police Chief Steven A. Sund in the weeks leading to Jan. 6?

During the brief tenure of acting Chief Yogananda Pittman, officers were forced to sign nondisclosure agreements after Jan. 6. Some were unjustly forced out. Pittman was given a sweetheart retirement deal after she took a new job at the University of California-Berkeley.

Federal criminal code

Congress should examine how the federal criminal code was used and weaponized to take down Jan. 6 defendants. From the dubious “obstruction of Congress” felony to the minefield that is the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Congress should consider adjustments that make it harder to persecute instead of prosecute.

Rage-mob damage

How did the mere allegation or even a hint of an allegation create conditions that destroyed families without any due process? Why was Air Force veteran Babbitt denied military honors by the Pentagon when she was not accused, much less convicted, of Jan. 6 criminal violations? Why were other veterans denied disability or other benefit payments based on charges alone? Why did couples lose their mortgage loans because one was charged with a Jan. 6 offense?

FBI procedures and power

Aside from thinning the herd of G-men at J. Edgar Hoover’s stomping grounds, the bureau might benefit from a serious review of proper and improper use of tactical power to apprehend nonviolent misdemeanor defendants. Congress or a Jan. 6 task force should examine what some defense attorneys argue is an unconstitutional projection of FBI power via SWAT raids that might usurp the sovereignty of the states.

Former President Donald Trump walks out to speak at a campaign rally held at J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Brady Bunch

In hundreds of Jan. 6 criminal cases, exculpatory evidence was withheld from defendants, numerous defense attorneys have asserted. In some other cases, federal judges looked the other way while defense attorneys held up long lists of evidence they were denied. The House Committee on the Judiciary might consider a review of this topic to see why the strictures of the Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland did not prevent abuses.

A judicial review

Not a single Jan. 6 defendant was granted a change of venue, despite ample evidence that the District of Columbia voting pool is nearly 95% Democrat and deeply biased against those who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6. No Jan. 6 defendant was found not guilty by a D.C. jury.

Did District judges properly administer the law? Should defendants accused in D.C. have the option to be tried by a jury of their peers in their home federal court districts?

A study could be made of the deep judicial bias that poisoned many Jan. 6 cases, such as judges who found it impossible to check their tongues or even be mindful that their public statements could taint the jury pool.

While some social media influencers might call for retribution under the new Trump administration, it’s more likely that January 6ers are simply looking for something to which they are already entitled: justice.

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Democrats and other pro-Harris supporters began floating a scheme intended to temporarily insert Vice President Kamala Harris into the Oval Office just to make history and ruin Trump merchandise sales.

‘Generation participation-trophy has reached adulthood & still wants a prize.’

NewsNation contributor Kurt Bardella argued that President Joe Biden should resign and allow Harris to take over presidential duties until Trump’s second inauguration in January.

“I think if you’re President Joe Biden, there’s nothing left to run for. There’s nothing left to really do. Pardon your son, then resign and elevate Kamala Harris to the presidency and make one more mark in the history books while you can,” said Bardella to a NewsNation panel.

“If I were Joe Biden, that’s exactly what I would do,” he added. “Again, you have a very short runway left of being relevant and being able to make your mark in a historic way. Why not do it that way?”

“You know, it’s not the craziest thing I’ve ever heard,” responded Mick Mulvaney, the former acting White House chief of staff under Trump.

Others on social media were also pushing the idea that Harris should be allowed to be called the 47th president of the U.S. even if it were only to be on an temporary basis.

“Biden should resign so Harris becomes 47 and Donald has to throw out all his 47 swag,” read one viral tweet that garnered over 4.1 million views.

“President Biden should resign as an act of protest tomorrow so Kamala Harris could be sworn in as the first female president until January. That would make Trump 48 and ruin that stupid hat of his. Can we get this trending,” wrote an activist account.

“Since we’re never ever going to see a brown person or a woman nominated for President ever again, Biden should resign tomorrow and give Kamala Harris and us a bit of history for the next two months,” read another comment.

Still others mocked what would amount to be a presidential participation trophy.

“‘Let the child win.’ For her self-esteem. The ultimate in insulting DEI infantilization of a world leader,” responded Christopher Bedford, Blaze Media Washington correspondent.

“Generation participation-trophy has reached adulthood & still wants a prize,” he added.

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Democratic President Joe Biden is reportedly trying to rush another $6 billion of security assistance to Ukraine as a last-minute order before former President Donald Trump assumes the presidency again.

‘Strong and unwavering U.S. leadership is vital for the world and for a just peace.’

Politico reported the plan based on two administration sources who said the length of time it takes to roll out munitions and equipment would mean Trump could halt the shipment before it got to Ukraine.

The U.S. has been one of the major backers of Ukraine since Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin ordered a military invasion in Feb. 2022. The issue became divisive in the presidential campaign as many Republicans opposed military aid to a foreign country and demanded the money be spent on U.S. citizens instead.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media that he had spoken to Trump Wednesday, the day after Election Day.

“We agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation,” said Zelenskyy. “Strong and unwavering U.S. leadership is vital for the world and for a just peace.”

He also issued a congratulatory message after Trump won the election.

“I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs,” Zelenskyy wrote. “This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer. I am hopeful that we will put it into action together.”

Trump has blamed the invasion on Biden and claimed that it would have never happened had he been president at the time. He also claimed that he would be able to end the war and stop the tragic casualties easily once he got back into the Oval Office.

“I believe if we win, we’re gonna have a very fair and actually rather rapid deal,” said Trump in September.

“We’ll get it solved,” he added. “It’s a very complicated puzzle, very complicated puzzle, but we’ll get it solved, and people [will] get on with their lives. Too many people dead.”

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As much as it makes me feel old to say it, I have been watching Joe Biden’s career in politics for over 30 years.

Once, in an incident that is, unbelievably, almost 20 years old, I had a front-row seat to the Joe Biden show. The year was 2007, and I was working for former Kansas Senator (and later Governor) Sam Brownback during his abortive run for the 2008 Republican nomination. I was in the Des Moines airport waiting to catch a delayed flight back home to Tennessee in what I assume was the only bar in the place.

The media channeled their inner Chico Marx and asked, ‘Who are you going to believe, us or your lying eyes?’

The boss had performed poorly in the Ames straw poll the previous day, and I was in a mood. As I was trying to drown my sorrows, I looked up and suddenly found myself staring into a face I recognized: Joe Biden, who was also running for president, was making the rounds with the four other people who were stuck in the bar that day, and he made it over to my table.

I felt a little sorry for Biden, in spite of the fact that his politics have always been loathsome to me, watching him make the rounds with clearly disinterested voters, most of whom did not even know who he was. So I apologized and told him that I was not even an Iowa resident and was actually only there to work on a Republican presidential campaign. Surely, I figured, Biden must have better things to do than talk to a very unpersuadable person who was not even an Iowa voter.

As it turned out, he did not. “Oh, really?” Biden exclaimed. “Which one?” When I told him I worked for Sen. Brownback, to my horror, he pulled up a chair and wanted to chat. At length.

“You know, I’m working with Sam Brownback on our partition plan for Iraq,” he began. Thus began a conversation that lasted for easily over an hour, which I did not want at the time. I will say this for the Biden I unwillingly met in 2007: He was a world-champion talker. His political and foreign policy instincts have always been bad, and he’s never been honest in even the slightest sense, but he was unquestionably possessed of the species of intelligence that allows most politicians to immediately come up with a plausible-sounding justification for almost literally anything they are saying.

When Biden re-emerged from de facto retirement in 2020 to run for president again, I was shocked at the desiccated version of Biden I saw on my television screen. This was not at all the same person who bent my ear 13 years earlier. The COVID-19 pandemic gave the Democrats the perfect excuse they needed to do exactly what had to be done with Biden in order to preserve any chance that he would win: They locked him (figuratively, I assume) in a basement and hid him from the public. At the time, Biden still had enough “good” days that this was a feasible approach with careful planning. I don’t begrudge Democrats the tactic, which, after all, was ultimately successful.

I do begrudge the media, many of whom had much more extensive personal interactions with Biden than I ever did and many of whom also should have been very clear about what was going on with Biden’s mental condition. And any person who has seen a family member who is going through age-related cognitive decline, which should be all of them, should have known that while those suffering from it will have periodic good days, the condition will inexorably get worse with time. And they said nothing.

As literally anyone could have predicted, Biden became visibly worse with each passing month of his first term. The White House staff took to hiding Biden away even more thoroughly, and the press said nothing. In what would become a meme in right-leaning circles, the White House reporters would dutifully report, day after day, that Biden had “called a lid” before noon. Never did they report that there should be any level of concern that the president of the United States had apparently adopted a two-hour work day, and certainly they did not do any of the hard-nosed, investigative reporting that the moment demanded.

In fact, as his condition worsened, their coverage of it was, without exaggeration, the worst example of media malpractice in history. On the few occasions that Biden appeared in public in 2024, he displayed alarming and unavoidable signs of very advanced cognitive decline, including freezing up, losing his place and staring silently for awkward lengths of time, and having to be physically led with shuffling steps to where he was supposed to be.

It’s not that the media forgot what these signs meant. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was starting to display them, too, and the media dutifully reported them as fact. But when it came to Biden, the reaction was quite different: They lied. There is no other way to put it. They did not shade the truth; they did not spin it; they just flat-out put their heads in the sand and published things they had to know were not true.

By June, just a few short weeks before Biden would embarrass them all, it was happening virtually every time Biden ventured into public. At a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles with former President Barack Obama, Biden froze up on stage for 10 full seconds before being physically led off by Obama. A couple of days later, he repeated this at the G7 summit in Italy, this time being rescued by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The media, led by so-called “fact-checkers,” who are the only people in America with less credibility than reporters these days, channeled their inner Chico Marx and asked, “Who are you going to believe, us or your lying eyes?”

Literally dozens of “fact-checks” followed, seeking to reassure people that the responsible guardians of truth in the media had investigated these videos and found that the problem here was deceptive editing. Not one of these organizations has recovered enough shame to remove them from where they still sit on the internet, including the Associated Press, Reuters, the hilariously named PolitiFact, Snopes, NBC, and dozens of others.

Rather than asking questions of the White House about Biden’s mental fitness, as any responsible journalist would have done, the White House press corps was, if anything, more embarrassing in its active lack of interest in the truth. Ten days before Biden’s fateful debate, a “reporter” actually asked Karine Jean-Pierre the following: “There seems to be a sort of a rash of videos that have been edited to make the president appear officially frail or mentally confused. I’m wondering if the White House is especially worried about the fact that this appears to be a pattern.” Here’s how she responded:

The formerly prestigious Poynter Institute, which fancies itself the arbiter of good reporting, deserves special mention here. In an article dated June 24, just three days before Biden mentally disrobed himself on national television, Poynter published an article subtitled, “‘Cheap fake’ videos of Biden that have been selectively edited or taken out of context have flooded social media and are the subject of political spin.” This article, which has not been corrected or removed, claimed with a straight face that “cheap fakes” have “become a common tactic to undermine Biden’s fitness for office as the 81-year-old seeks reelection.”

Three days later, Biden went on television and did this:

After the debate disaster, the media turned on Biden with a fury. They effectively drove him out of the race. But make no mistake: If Biden had simply refused to debate Trump and gone back to his basement for the remainder of 2024, the “fact-checkers” of the world would still this day be telling you that suggestions of Biden’s cognitive decline are right-wing disinformation. And that’s a problem for the media, but it’s also a problem for Democrats.

If you’re a Democrat and you’re reading this today, and you are searching for people to blame, put these so-called “fact checkers” high on your list. Not one of them can have been under the actual impression that Biden was really fine. Anyone with a working set of eyes who had ever seen Biden on television prior to 2020 — which should be all of them — could see what was happening to him. If they had told the truth back in 2021 or 2022, when it was already very evident, the Democrats could have had a chance at a 2024 campaign that might have gone very differently. Either Biden could have resigned (as he should have done) and Harris could have had a chance to actually act as president and develop her own record, or the Democrats could have had an actual nominating contest for a shot at a different candidate.

This second course of action might well have saved the day for the Democrats. Harris, it must be said, was a bad candidate. And I’m not telling Democrats something they don’t already know. That’s why, in 2019, despite having the backing of the entire Clinton machine and an enormous war chest, she dropped out ignominiously before a single vote was cast. In my view, Harris had little chance of winning no matter what, but even those who disagree with that would be forced to admit that her chances would have improved enormously if she had a chance to actually be the incumbent and implement her own policies to run on, rather than being tied to a wildly unpopular doddering president.

But in order for that to happen, the media had to tell the truth about what was happening. They had to have the bravery to put aside their own personal partisan convictions, which overwhelmingly skew left, and summon the bravery to tell their audiences things their audiences did not want to hear. And they were simply not capable of doing it.

I have no doubt that as Trump begins his second term, the media will miraculously rediscover their ability to perform aggressive, probing investigations into the mental health and fitness of an aging president. I also have no doubt that Democrats will cheer the media on in this endeavor. Fine. I don’t begrudge people rooting for their own team.

But they would do well to remember that when a Democrat returns to office, as one inevitably will, they need to demand better from their media in terms of telling the truth about Democrats, too. Otherwise, they may well find themselves blindsided again.

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Entertainer Bette Midler deleted her social media account after joking that she would drink drain cleaner if former President Donald Trump won the election.

‘A clear view into a a clearly troubled mindset.’

The celebrated singer had been a vehement and vocal critic of Trump and his supporters. In one bizarre episode from September, Midler tweeted a conspiracy theory implying that the former president was not actually shot during the first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. She also accused Trump of calling on his followers to kill Taylor Swift based on a criticism he made against the singer endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

After posting on social media that she was following the election, Midler made a reference to Trump winning and then deleted her account. The meme she posted showed a champagne bottle with a note that read, “Kamala wins,” and a bottle of Draino with note saying, “Trump wins.”

The celebrity was mocked and ridiculed for leaving X by Trump supporters.

“Bette Midler regularly spewed filth and lies with impunity. Yet she was a reliable barometer of leftist sentiment — a clear view into a a clearly troubled mindset. I will miss you Bette,” replied journalist David Ng.

“Just when I thought today couldn’t get any better, Bette Midler deleted her account. How positively delicious. Nom, nom, nom,” read another response.

Others visited her Instagram account, which was not deactivated, to leave messages jokingly in support of her drinking drain cleaner.

“Bottoms up, Bette. Don’t forget to shake the bottle first,” read one comment.

“You gonna live stream drinking the draino before you leave the country?” read another comment.

“Gosh hope you are ok after drinking that Draino! #TrumpVance2024,” said another commentor.

Trump has been projected to win the electoral college, and his vote count is approaching a victory in the popular vote. He made astounding gains in nearly every state, and Republicans are also projected to flip the U.S. Senate from Democratic control.

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The Kamala Harris campaign spent half a billion dollars just on its abortion messaging — but it wasn’t enough to sway the American people to vote for another four years of Bidenomics.

“Enough people woke up, enough people saw that and stood up and were willing to be called Nazis and everything else, and they just didn’t care. And I think that was a miracle, and God was gracious yesterday,” Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” says.

Although the votes are still being counted, even CNN has Trump at 276 electoral votes.

“It’s over,” Pat Gray says, happily.

“It’s historic because you get your butt kicked this badly, you destroy your credibility this much, and I can guarantee you, there won’t be any self-reflection at all,” Glenn adds.

“I disagree with that, actually, I think there will be a reflection from the media, and they will decide if they had only called him ‘Hitler’ one more time, they would have won,” Stu Burguiere jokes, adding, “If they would have said ‘fascist’ a few more times.”

And so far, the Democrats have shown they’re really not considering they could have done anything wrong.

One MSNBC contributor told the audience that “future historians are going to look back on this day and say, ‘This is the day that America made a choice between freedom and democracy on one side, and authoritarianism and dictatorship on the other.”

“We voted for freedom and democracy and the Republic, so congratulations America,” Glenn responds.

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In a post-election interview on Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed some of his plans for a major overhaul of the country’s key health agencies.

An MSNBC reporter asked RFK Jr. whether he will terminate “the top level federal service workers that are currently at” the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“In some categories,” Kennedy responded. “There are entire departments, like the nutrition departments at FDA, that have to go.”

He said workers in certain departments, including nutrition, are “not doing their job” or “protecting our kids.”

“Why do we have Froot Loops in this country that have 18 or 19 ingredients, and you go to Canada, and it’s got two or three?” Kennedy questioned.

When asked whether he plans to eradicate any of the agencies, Kennedy replied, “To eliminate the agencies, as long as it requires congressional approval, I wouldn’t be doing that.”

Kennedy explained that he is confident he could “get the corruption out of the agencies.”

“It’s what I’ve been doing for 40 years. I’ve sued all those agencies. I have a PhD in corporate corruption, and that’s what I do. And once they’re not corrupt, once Americans are getting good science and are allowed to make their own choices, they’re going to get a lot healthier,” he added.

Less than a week before Election Day, Kennedy told NewsNation Trump’s plans for him in his future cabinet.

“President Trump has asked me to reorganize the federal health agencies. The agencies that have a portfolio that affects human health, which is CDC, [National Institutes of Health], FDA, as well as some of the agencies within the United States Department of Agriculture,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said he was asked by Trump to end corruption and conflicts of interest as well as “measurably reduce chronic disease in our children within two years.”

On Sunday, he remarked, “I want to be in the White House. And [Trump has] assured me that I’m going to have that.”

Kennedy stated that he had not yet decided whether he wants to head the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

“I want to be in the position where I’m most effective to end the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy continued. “And I’m confident that if I wanted to do HHS secretary, the president would fight like hell to make that happen.”

Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Kennedy as “someone who has routinely promoted junk science and crazy conspiracy theories.”

She called him the “exact last person in America who should be setting health care policy for America’s families and children.”

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Democrats have continued to lose the conversation, with women coming out in even the sports world to reject messages from athletes like Angel Reese.

Despite saying in August that she wasn’t following the presidential campaigns, Reese put out a simple statement the morning after Donald Trump became the 47th president.

“As a woman, I’m heartbroken for us all…” Reese decried on her X account.

At the same time, Reese shared a picture of Vice President Kamala Harris on her Instagram, which had a caption “thank you, Kamala Harris, we are proud of you.”

However, female readers were not supportive of Reese’s emotional plea and flooded her replies with disagreements.

“Smart women know to vote beyond identity politics,” a woman named Angie quickly replied.

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Another reader replied, “what’s a woman,” implying that the Democratic position on gender politics is that a woman cannot be simply defined.

“Imagine believing all the lies about trump! Wow!” a Trump supporter with “America First” in her profile also stated.

Another X user even went as far as to say “keep your legs closed. Simple,” inferring that Reese was taking issue with abortion rights, which are not under President Trump’s control, however.

Reese revealing her political leanings, albeit somewhat covertly, is a change from her typical responses to questions about Harris in the months leading up to the election.

During previous media availability periods, Reese parried questions about supporting the Democratic candidate.

For example, when reporter Brandon Robinson caught up with Reese on the court, he directly asked the athlete for her thoughts on the vice president:

“[Kamala Harris] is a woman, and she’s doing her thing, running for president,” the reporter began. “Have you had a chance to watch her? What are your thoughts on her running for political office?”

At the time, Reese’s response was refreshingly-normal, telling the reporter she didn’t feel educated enough to comment on the race.

“I haven’t been able to tap a lot into the political election … so I’m not that educated right now, but [I] just continue to learn,” Reese replied.

Instead, the Chicago Sky player suggested, “everybody go out there and vote.”

“I commend that, and I just tell a lot of people to go out there and vote because we need it for this election,” Reese added.

The overwhelming volume of negative quotes and replies to Reese seem to signal that female voters prefer to focus on issues that are affecting their lives.

Responses relating to men in women’s locker rooms appear alongside disgruntled basketball fans and Christians in what has become a cross-section of Americans focused on political, economical, and social issues rather than gender or racial politics.

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Former President Barack Obama congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his astounding electoral victory and blamed inflation for the devastating loss for Democrats.

Obama released the statement on Wednesday afternoon after Election Day about the time that Vice President Kamala Harris ended her concession speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

‘Progress requires us to extend good faith and grace – even to people with whom we deeply disagree.’

“[T]he results are in, and we want to congratulate President Trump and Senator Vance on their victory,” wrote Obama. “This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues. But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power.”

While the vote tabulation is still ongoing, Trump appears to have increased his support among nearly every demographic and in every single state. Some have projected Republicans to have seized control of the U.S. Senate, and the fate of the House of Representatives remains to be determined.

Obama assigned the blame for his party’s devastating losses on the pandemic and the resultant inflation.

“Michelle and I could not be prouder of Vice President Harris and Governor Walz – two extraordinary public servants who ran a remarkable campaign,” Obama continued. “As I said on the campaign trail, America has been through a lot over the last few years – from a historic pandemic and price hikes resulting from the pandemic, to rapid change and the feeling a lot of folks have that, no matter how hard they work, treading water is the best they can do. Those conditions have created headwinds for democratic incumbents around the world, and last night showed that America is not immune.”

Polls showed that high inflation and the state of the economy were among the most important concerns for likely voters in the election.

“The good news is that these problems are solvable – but only if we listen to each other, and only if we abide by the core constitutional principles and democratic norms that made this country great. In a country as big and diverse as ours, we won’t always see eye-to-eye on everything. But progress requires us to extend good faith and grace – even to people with whom we deeply disagree,” Obama continued.

“That’s how we’ve come this far, and it’s how we’ll keep building a country that is more fair and more just, more equal and more free,” he concluded.

Harris said in her concession speech that she had congratulated Trump and his running mate JD Vance and had promised to help facilitate a peaceful transfer of power.

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When Taylor Swift, America’s most notable “childless cat lady,” belted out “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” she was singing about one of her many exes.

But she might as well have been commenting on the state of American politics. The left and the right are like two people trapped in a toxic, spiteful relationship, each seething with contempt for the other. Is a national “breakup” inevitable?

This is where the left stands today: not only criticizing the other side but actually rejoicing in its suffering.

As this election makes especially clear, each side views the other as a threat to America’s future.

The left looks at the right and sees a stubborn, regressive faction clinging to an outdated vision of America — one that resists diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The right, meanwhile, sees the left as a dangerous, self-righteous force tearing down the foundations of the country in the name of progress.

While both liberals and conservatives face the temptation to villainize their opponents, these days, only one side seems to consider the other as irredeemably evil.

For all his allegedly “divisive” rhetoric, Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear that he intends to work for all American citizens, regardless of race, color, or creed. It’s a big tent, and even his political “enemies” are welcome.

Consider Trump’s recent, much-misrepresented vow to protect women “whether the women like it or not.”

On the left, by contrast, public figures like Sam Harris and Destiny openly scorn conservatives, branding them as “low information” or low IQ — sneering as if they’re talking about a different species altogether.

To quote another Swift song, “You Need to Calm Down.”

Destiny’s Childish

Destiny, born Steven Kenneth Bonnell II, lives up to his pretentious name. But he’s not just pretentious; he’s downright repugnant.

Recently, he has become the left’s primary attack dog, embodying the worst kind of partisan contempt. This bitter, angry provocateur frequently pops up on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and a number of popular podcasts, where he revels in his role as a divisive figure. On social media, meanwhile, he can be found posting the vilest of opinions.

Shortly after the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the tiny terror took to X to ridicule Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief who lost his life at the rally. This wasn’t just a comment on political differences; it was a callous dismissal of another human being’s life, purely because he was on the “wrong” side.

This is where the left stands today: not only criticizing the other side but actually rejoicing in its suffering. Political opponents are seen as irredeemable, less than human, and unworthy of sympathy, even in death.

Figures like Destiny don’t just stir up disagreement; they stoke the flames of disgust and dehumanization that widen the divide in this country. Political leaders only make matters worse. Hillary Clinton’s infamous 2016 remark labeling Trump supporters as “deplorables” didn’t just alienate millions; it arguably cost her the election.

Fast forward eight years, and Joe Biden’s recent characterization of Trump supporters as “garbage” only served to emphasize the left’s utter contempt for half of America (more on this in a minute).

Ballots before bullets

Just a decade ago, the idea of Americans going to war against each other again seemed unthinkable, a relic of a brutal past. The Civil War was history — a reminder of the darkest days of division and bloodshed.

Yet today, that distant fear feels closer than ever. The idea of Americans clashing not just at the ballot box but on the battlefield no longer seems absurd. The seeds of hatred, distrust, and outright disdain have already been planted.

This brings us to the psychology of contempt. And the contempt is visceral.

To be clear, contempt is not mere anger; it runs much deeper. It’s loathing; it’s sheer hatred. According to psychologist Dr. John Gottman, contempt is the strongest predictor of lasting estrangement. It’s a malignant cancer — once it takes hold, the prognosis is almost always dire.

What can be done? In personal relationships, contempt can sometimes be eased through open communication, empathy, and a genuine effort to understand one another. But the divide between the left and right today is vastly different and far more complex. We’ve crossed a line — the Rubicon, if you will — and there’s really no turning back.

United we stood

The truth is that the only event likely to unite the nation for more than a fleeting moment would be a tragedy on the scale of September 11 — a catastrophic incident that compels all Americans to confront their shared humanity amid the chaos.

In the wake of those devastating attacks, Andrew Kohut from the Pew Research Center conducted a thorough analysis of public opinion, comparing sentiments expressed before and after that fateful day. His findings revealed that the attacks not only galvanized a sense of national identity but also altered the public’s perception of threats, trust in government, and overall political engagement. The United States of America was, at that moment in time, truly united.

But that was then, and this is now.

On second thought, I ask, would even a second September 11 be enough to unite the nation? That’s how fractured the country has become, and things are likely to get much worse before they get better. I take no pleasure in saying this, but we must confront this harsh reality if we ever hope to change the nation’s trajectory.

With each passing second, contempt deepens, and the possibility of uniting the nation slips further away.

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UFC president and longtime Trump friend Dana White took the stage following Trump’s victory and delivered a speech that caused the masses to stand and roar their support for the 47th president of the United States.

Dave Rubin plays a clip of White’s powerful speech.

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“Nobody deserves this more than him, and nobody deserves this more than his family does,” White stated.

“This is what happens when the machine comes after you! … Couldn’t stop him; he keeps going forward; he doesn’t quit. He’s the most resilient, hardworking man I’ve ever met in my life. His family are incredible people.”

“This is karma, ladies and gentlemen! He deserves this!” White roared, as the crowd cheered.

“No matter what they threw at the guy, he just kept going,” says Dave, echoing White’s words.

“They’re trying to arrest him; they’re taking away his business licenses; they’re trying to get him off the ballot; they’re shooting him. … He just kept going,” he praises. “He damn well deserves this.”

To see the footage of his speech and hear more of Dave’s commentary, watch the episode above.

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Robert Davi didn’t just bring Leonid Brezhnev to life in “Reagan,” this year’s eagerly awaited biopic of the 40th U.S. president. The veteran actor brought volumes of research to both the role and the set.

Davi, beloved for work in classics like “Die Hard,” “The Goonies,” and “Licence to Kill,” spent time in Russia speaking to citizens about the late Soviet Union leader.

In a business that routinely punishes conservative stars, the film’s producers bucked groupthink, casting not only Davi but talented actors such as Nick Searcy, Pat Boone, and Kevin Sorbo.

He dug deep into Brezhnev’s complicated legacy, learning of his bond with President Richard Nixon and affinity for fast cars.

Command performance

For Davi, “Reagan” deserved nothing less than his full commitment. It explains why he has endured as an actor whose career stretches back to 1977’s “Contract on Cherry Street” with Frank Sinatra.

“Reagan,” now available via digital on demand, finds Davi and co-stars fleshing out “The Gipper’s” remarkable life and political career. Some viewers, familiar with iconic Reagan moments like his “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” speech, may not know how Reagan battled communism behind the scenes in Hollywood.

For Davi, the biggest takeaway may be how little has changed in America since the Reagan Revolution.

Back to the future

He said pop culture and the press loathed Reagan, much as they do President Donald Trump. In fact, the moment Trump descended the Trump Tower escalator to announce his candidacy, the actor connected the mogul’s populist message to that of vintage Reagan.

Davi also notes that both Reagan and Trump were badly underestimated by their opponents — until it was too late.

The actor wishes the film could have included even more of Reagan’s life and legacy. Notably, he would have loved to see Nancy Reagan (Penelope Ann Miller in the film) reacting to new President George H.W. Bush’s vow to build a “kinder, gentler nation” — a not-so-subtle dig at his former boss of eight years.

An ‘eye-opening’ biopic

Still, the movie packs plenty into the running time, including how Reagan reached across the aisle to get legislation done. His scenes with Congressmen Tip O’Neill (Dan Lauria) epitomize that attitude. It also explains the dawn of the Reagan Democrat.

That, and so much more featured in the film, will prove “eye-opening” to younger viewers, Davi predicted.

“The new generation needs to watch that to understand the difference between the extreme left and the conservative movement,” he said.

Davi’s “Reagan” contributions didn’t end with his Brezhnev performance. The versatile star also sings two tracks on the film: “This Town” and “Nancy (with the Laughing Face).” He studied music extensively earlier in his career and, in recent years, has brought the Sinatra catalog to vibrant life via “Davi Sings Sinatra.”

He also directed the charming 2007 film “The Dukes” along with the 2022 biopic “My Son Hunter,” which cast Laurence Fox as the embattled first son. The film stands in sharp contrast to how Hollywood either ignored or lionized Hunter Biden throughout his various scandals.

Davi’s conservative bona fides are no Hollywood secret. He continues to work, although often in independent features like this year’s “Bardejov.” That film recalled the true-life heroism of Rafuel Lowy, who saved hundreds of Jewish lives during the Holocaust.

Hollywood rebels

It’s no accident that Davi is not the only openly right-of-center actor in the “Reagan” cast. In a business that routinely punishes conservative stars, the film’s producers bucked groupthink, casting not only Davi but talented actors such as Nick Searcy, Pat Boone, and Kevin Sorbo.

Sorbo has said his unofficial Hollywood blacklisting began roughly a decade ago when his agent left him over his conservative beliefs. Oscar nominee James Woods hasn’t had a sizeable film role since his supporting turn in 2014’s “Jamesy Boy.”

Davi confirms the new blacklist is “worse than it was during the McCarthy era,” adding that communists did infiltrate the Hollywood community during the 1950s.

For his part, Davi won’t be cowed. He contributes thoughtful op-eds to Breitbart News and keeps creating art on his terms. He promises a new album to drop in 2025 in addition to a European tour. He’s close to starting work on a new film called “The Ministry” about a group tied to vigilante justice.

The ultimate irony? Hollywood continues to make movies about the blacklist era while stars are penalized for their political beliefs in 2024, he said. George Clooney will bring his “Goodnight, and Good Luck” film, recalling journalist Edward R. Murrow’s scraps with Sen. Joseph McCarthy, to Broadway starting in March.

“They want DEI except for thought. … People wanna talk about the ‘fascists’ in the MAGA movement,” Davi said with a laugh. “The fascists in the liberal left will denigrate you, dispel you.”

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Last night was undoubtedly one of the most incredible nights in United States history.

As Kamala Harris’ so-called “blue wall” collapsed, and Donald Trump gained the lead in several key battleground states, Americans across the country sat glued to their televisions and refreshing their X feeds to see if we’d have endless war or affordable groceries.

Glenn Beck believes the outcome is nothing short of a miracle.

“We are truly living something that is going to be read about for a very, very long time,” Glenn tells the BlazeTV panel. “We’re sitting here, witnessing something, I think a miracle, is something that most Americans have never seen before.”

“Most Americans have not lived through a candidate being persecuted like Donald Trump has been, and then shot, and called Hitler for six years, and then wins an election,” he adds.

While Kamala has yet to concede, some Democrats who were extremely vocal against Donald Trump have congratulated him on the presidency, including Mark Cuban — who Trump had recently called a loser and a bad golfer.

“Congrats @realDonaldTrump. You won fair and square. Congrats to @elonmusk as well. #Godspeed,” Cuban wrote in a post on X after Pennsylvania was called for the former president.

“Mark Cuban, who just five minutes ago was telling us that all women who supported Trump or surrounded Trump were, you know, weak and stupid,” Sara Gonzales comments.

However, one of the most exciting social media posts belonged to Elon Musk, who moments after Trump’s victory posted, “You are the media now.”

“It’s true,” Glenn says in response. “They’ve eviscerated themselves.”

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Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris finally appeared in public and addressed her supporters after a devastating loss across the board for Democrats in the 2024 election.

The Harris campaign had stopped giving comments after it became clear that former President Donald Trump was heading toward a historic victory Tuesday night. Harris also refused to address supporters at a scheduled speech at Howard University, and the dejected crowd went home instead.

‘We must accept the results of this election.’

Harris came out Wednesday afternoon and gave her concession speech to a cheering but sad crowd.

“The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for. But the light of America’s promise will always burn bright,” she said.

The Democratic candidate’s voice cracked, and she choked up a few times through the speech.

“Do not despair. This is not a time to throw up your hands. It is a time to roll up our sleeves,” said Harris. “For the sake of freedom, justice, and the future we know we can build together.”

“We must accept the results of this election. Earlier today I spoke with president-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory,” she continued. “I also told him we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.”

Some in the audience booed at the sound of Trump’s name but applauded for the transition of power.

NBC reported that Harris had not prepared a victory or a concession speech for the Election Day because the campaign believed the results would take longer to be tabulated.

Steven Cheung, the communications director of the Trump Campaign, confirmed the phone call in a brief statement.

“President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory,” said Cheung. “President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris on her strength, professionalism, and tenacity throughout the campaign, and both leaders agreed on the importance of unifying the country.”

MSNBC’s coverage of the Harris concession speech showed one woman in the audience crying while wearing a Taylor Swift cap.

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