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Well, I ask, is he?

Just a few months ago, speculation ran rampant that Donald Trump might have to drop Vance as his VP pick. Yet, Trump—a man renowned for his loyalty to those he believes in—stood firm, and it’s proving to be a shrewd decision.

In a time when victimhood culture glorifies self-pity and weakness, America’s future Vice President—and maybe even future President—is the perfect antidote.

Vance’s resurgence isn’t happening on traditional political stages or major cable networks. Instead, he’s reemerged as a compelling figure on the podcast circuit, trading banter with Tim Dillon, Theo Von, and (most recently) Joe Rogan. This relaxed, long-form format has been ideal for Vance to showcase his intelligence, wit, and relatability to millions who rarely tune into cable news.

Pain and poverty

This transformation should prompt us to revisit “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance’s gripping memoir of his battle against generational poverty and familial chaos.

I love this book. Absolutely love it. It’s a heartfelt tale of his turbulent upbringing in Middletown, Ohio, amidst his mother’s drug abuse and the instability that came with it.

As a child, Vance’s life was marked by chaos and despair. As his mother’s addiction to painkillers spiraled, Vance found himself weathering her erratic outbursts and devastating relapses. He was caught in the crossfire of domestic violence and shuffled between unstable homes.

Through it all, there was one stable presence in his life: “Mamaw.”

Tough as nails and unapologetically blunt, Vance’s grandmother became the anchor he desperately needed. She wasn’t just a caretaker—she was his defender, shielding him from his mother’s bad behavior and instilling in him a sense of self-worth and resilience. This was something Vance discussed in great detail with Von, another man who was raised in a rather chaotic environment.

True grit

Despite the turmoil, Vance fought his way to the Marines, Ohio State University, and eventually Yale Law School.

His journey from literal rags to well-earned riches is a lesson every American, regardless of their political beliefs, should appreciate. In a time when victimhood culture glorifies self-pity and weakness, America’s future Vice President—and maybe even future President—is the perfect antidote.

Vance’s story isn’t just one of success; it’s a testament to personal responsibility and grit. He doesn’t sugarcoat the harsh realities of his upbringing or American life.

And he isn’t seeking sympathy. Instead, he stands by the belief that adversity isn’t a life sentence—it’s the fuel for genuine greatness.

Breaking snooze

It’s no surprise that the rise of a white man to a position of power has been met with fierce resistance on the left. The mainstream media is desperate to paint Vance as an unhinged, misogynistic nutjob intent on turning America into something out of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

But who, other than the most deluded, is actually listening to what they are saying?

Articles that might have caught some buzz a few years ago have lost their sting. No one cares what Mother Jones has to say. Nobody’s losing sleep over what some blue-haired Gen Z hysteric at Salon or HuffPost churns out.

Fewer still care what the New York Times has to say. This is the first post-MSM election, the first independent media election, where figures like Vance gain credibility through long-form, unfiltered conversations on podcasts.

Tapper-ed out

But Vance can chew gum and walk at the same time. He knows the mainstream media still holds some sway, despite what almost a decade of Trump derangement has done to their credibility.

Recently, Vance went head-to-head with CNN’s Jake Tapper in an engrossing, entertaining showdown. To put it bluntly, Vance wiped the floor with his adversary. It was like watching a grandmaster toy with a novice. Vance played the role of Magnus Carlsen, while Tapper assumed the role of Mr. Bean. Expertly, I might add.

With cool confidence, Vance dismantled every trap, flipping each loaded question into a chance to hammer home his points. He stayed composed and unrattled, while Tapper grew visibly frustrated. It wasn’t just an interview—it was a takedown.

Yes, Tapper is an exemplary MSM stooge, and his motives are transparent. But let’s be clear, he’s no dummy. In that interview, however, Vance made him look like one.

Real talk

Of course, any discussion about independent media and the decline of the MSM would be incomplete without mentioning Joe Rogan. Trump recently appeared on his podcast — the world’s most popular — and knocked it out of the park.

Both Trump and Vance thrive in long-form discussions that can veer off into unexpected territory. Why? Because they’re real people, capable of talking about anything from sports to completely offbeat topics.

Dem-bots

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, on the other hand, come across as DC-androids, pre-programmed to hit only the safe, PC-approved talking points for brief, scripted moments. In many ways, they’re the weird ones, not Trump or Vance.

Harris, in particular, seems to have hitched her fortunes to the sinking ship of mainstream media—a move that feels like booking a first-class ticket on the Titanic as it speeds toward the iceberg.

As is clear to anyone with a functioning brain, Trump and Vance are gaining momentum at precisely the right time—just days before Americans cast their votes in arguably the nation’s most important election. Ever!

And, remember, when you vote, you’re not just voting for Trump. You’re voting for JD Vance, a man who may very well be a future president. And judging by his recent podcast appearances, a very fine one at that.

Not bad for a man bequeathed a heritage of grief, suffering, and chaos. Not bad for a man who turned an “elegy’ for his forgotten part of the country into a vision for the future of all Americans.

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President Joe Biden has an odd history when it comes to his interactions with children. Besides kids jumping on his lap, he also apparently enjoys biting them.

At the White House’s 2024 Halloween event, Joe Biden was filmed several times playfully biting little babies in their mothers’ arms.

Sara Gonzales plays the clips that have since gone viral on social media.

“Didn’t they call JD Vance weird?” asks actor and BlazeTV contributor Matthew Marsden.

“They did call JD Vance weird. I’ve never seen JD Vance try to bite an infant,” says Sara.

Blaze Media’s digital strategist Logan Hall says in addition to perhaps being “a little creepy,” the timing of Biden’s odd interactions with children couldn’t have come at a better time for Republicans.

“You have to think about the optics. Yesterday Trump sets the internet on fire with his garbage man stunt … instant viral sensation. That compared to Joe Biden biting a baby — I mean the contrast could not be more clear,” he says.

“He’s actually been doing this sniffing and getting way too inappropriate with children for a very long time,” adds Sara, playing a video compilation of Joe Biden touching children in ways that can only be described as wildly inappropriate.

“Oh, Secret Service would be pulling me off him,” says Marsden.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the full segment above.

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A CNN report documented how the Harris-Walz campaign is trying to manage a rift in the Democratic Party between members of an anti-Israel fringe who have threatened to withhold their vote unless their demands are met.

‘I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself.’

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is running ads in Pennsylvania, where Jewish voters may be pivotal in the election, saying that she will “stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself.”

That message may not fly in Michigan, where Muslim voters have demanded the Biden-Harris stop supporting Israel as it continues a military operation against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

The ads from the Harris campaign in Michigan instead promise that Harris will “not be silent about the human suffering occurring in Gaza.”

A Facebook ad in Pennsylvania contains sections of Harris’ convention speech in which she affirms the right of Israel to exist while excising comments sympathetic to those in the Gaza Strip.

“I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself, and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on October 7, including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival,” she said in the ad.

For Michigan, a Facebook ad highlights her statements in support of Palestinians.

“What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating,” Harris says. “Our common humanity compels us to act.”

The Harris campaign declined to comment on the report from CNN’s KFILE.

Muslim Democrats have excoriated the Democratic Party for allowing an opportunity for former President Donald Trump to make inroads with Muslim voters. As part of that campaign, Trump visited a Muslim-owned restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday.

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You hear it every four years: This election is the most consequential/important/momentous of our lifetime, to the point that it’s practically a cliché now. But this year it’s true, and everyone knows it.

With just days before the election, if you are on the fence or lukewarm about Donald Trump and JD Vance, if you are considering voting for a third-party candidate or you know somebody who is,
and especially if you are thinking about not voting at all, please take a few moments to read this.

Do not be deterred by dirty tricks or misinformation. Do not believe the hype. Above all, do not despair.

It hardly seems possible that voters are undecided about Trump after nearly a decade. It’s more understandable that some Republican voters struggle to get past Trump’s brash and bombastic personality. Some conservatives look at Trump and say,
No. I just can’t. He’s not a decent man. He’s not a godly man.

Let’s concede that Trump is far from perfect. Let’s even allow that his first term was marked by several missteps, unforced errors, and terrible decisions — culminating with the COVID-19 disaster in 2020.

Despite whatever he did that you didn’t like, Trump was arguably the most successful Republican president since Ronald Reagan: shepherding tax cuts that boosted economic growth, slashing illegal immigration, renegotiating trade deals to America’s advantage, and checking our foreign enemies.

Nobody can say for certain what a second Trump term would look like. What
is certain is that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will be a disaster for the country. No question about it. Not only would Harris and Walz continue the policies of the past four Biden-Harris years, they would make them worse. The only question is how much worse.

Harris and Walz guarantee the southern border will remain wide open to millions of unvetted illegal aliens from all around the world. Some are gangsters from Venezuela, known terrorists from Syria, Yemen, and Iran, and tens of thousands of military-age men from China traveling alone without ID. Harris and Walz will quickly pave a path to voting for millions of illegal aliens already in our country in an open attempt to create a one-party state in America.

Harris and Walz guarantee domestic economic stagnation and decline by pushing the Green New Deal and crippling regulations while sending hundreds of
billions of dollars — much of it borrowed money — to prop up corrupt foreign regimes and wage wars that weaken America’s standing abroad.

Harris and Walz guarantee more lawfare against political opponents, more federal prosecutions of grandmothers praying in front of abortion clinics, and more censorship in the guise of combatting “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “hate speech.” They will continue the unprecedented efforts of the Biden-Harris administration to use the power of the federal government to censor and punish private media companies like Blaze Media that publish content they don’t like.

With Democratic House and Senate majorities, Harris and Walz guarantee an end to the filibuster, a packed Supreme Court, legislation to enshrine
Roe v. Wade, the “right” of boys and men to encroach on girls’ and women’s sports and spaces, and more.

Don’t get cocky or complacent. Vote anyway. Make sure your friends and family do, too.

If you are a pro-life voter disappointed with Trump’s weakness on abortion, from rejecting a national ban to regulating the “morning-after pill,” Harris is clearly
not your candidate.

Now is not the time for purity tests. Too much is at stake. Reagan often told his staff, “I’d rather get 80% of what I want than go over the cliff with my flags flying.”

Trump and Vance are better than 80% of what conservative and pro-life voters say they want. Harris and Walz are less than zero. Guaranteed.

We don’t vote to determine who’s a saint and who’s a sinner — that judgement is up to God. We vote for whoever is best for the job. So vote. Vote your conscience, but also vote your common sense. Vote your values, but remember you won’t necessarily get everything you want all at once or right away. But vote.

Do you live in a blue state where Kamala Harris is a lock to win? Vote anyway. Yes, the Electoral College decides the outcome, but the popular vote matters in the court of public opinion. California in 2016 provided Hillary Clinton’s margin of victory in the popular vote, as she and her sycophants never tire of reminding us. Don’t give them the satisfaction. Make your voice heard and your vote count.

Do you live in a red state where Donald Trump is likely going to run the table? Don’t get cocky or complacent. Vote anyway. Make sure your friends and family do too.

Do you live in a swing state?
Absolutely vote like your life and your republic depend on it, because they do. And this time, in the next few days, you must get as many people as you can to do it too. Bug all your friends and family. Bug everyone in the book club or chat group. All the complaining and commentary and worry about politics are meaningless if you and everyone you know do not vote on Tuesday.

Do not be deterred by dirty tricks or misinformation. Do not hand your ballot over to a stranger with a badge. Do not be obstructed by long lines or foul weather. Do not take no for an answer.

Do not believe the hype. Yes, networks like CNN are projecting Harris as the likely winner — but a few months ago, CNN reported that Joe Biden was “sharp as a tack.”

Above all, do not despair. Democrats are going all out. Lawsuits. Ballot harvesting. Dirty tricks. Misinformation. They fight dirty, and they fight to win. We fight for our families and for our country.

A path to victory always exists — but you need to walk down it. The first step is your vote.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and businessman Mark Cuban sat down for an interview, in which they had a lot to say about former president Donald Trump.

The pair took issue with Trump’s tariff plan, with Cuban telling Kamala that Trump “doesn’t realize the impact” and that “he is going to put who knows how many small businesses out of business.”

“He is applying a machete, when a scalpel is what’s necessary,” Kamala replied.

Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” and her father, Ron Simmons, believe that Cuban and Harris are wrong and that Harris’ “economic plan,” if put into action, will have much more devastating consequences.

“Her plan, by this bipartisan group, is going to cost 786,000 jobs,” Simmons explains to Stuckey, using information from the Tax Foundation. “Trump’s plan would increase it by 600,000 jobs.”

“Mark Cuban in this scenario is just a sycophant; he just is trying to say whatever agrees with her,” Simmons says. “Believe me, Mark is more concerned, which he talks about Trump being more concerned about, his own fortune and fame than he is about anything else.”

“He also called Trump a fascist, right, and you know what a fascist is?” he asks. ‘Someone that wants state control of everything. That’s what they want, and not the individual. And actually Trump is just the opposite.”

Stuckey notes that most Americans are most concerned about how Trump’s economic policy will affect their groceries, not whether or not the left is calling him a “fascist.”

“He’s going to increase the child tax care credit, which I think is a good thing to do. And a credit is different than a deduction. A credit means that if you have a $1,000 credit, and your taxes were $2,000 before the credit, they’re only $1,000 after. It’s a direct write-off,” Simmons explains.

“He’s also proposing that we allow a deduction for interest paid on auto loans. For a lot of people, especially renters, their biggest debt is their car. And you know how much cars cost these days,” he continues.

“Under Donald Trump, I think what you see, you see a return to what happened between 2017 and 2021 from an economic standpoint, which was some of the best economic times in history,” he adds.

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A writer at Slate implied that the wife of Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance was a traitor to her race for support her husband’s campaign.

The bizarre attack was written by Scaachi Koul and was immediately excoriated by many on the right. Koul sarcastically mocked an article saying Usha Vance’s motivations were largely unknown because she’s so private.

Koul accused Vance of being motivated by seeking protection from her husband by abandoning her racial loyalty. Usha Vance was born in San Diego to immigrant parents from India.

Vance wanted to stand apart politically from her husband, she’s certainly free to do so. But the reality is that she doesn’t, and likely won’t. There’s no greater protection in the world than marriage to a white man with an education, money, and political power. Even as Vance herself is highly educated and well connected, it’s nothing compared to what her husband carries into the world. This is the kind of security women have sought for generations—in fact, for a long time, it was the only protection women could access.

Koul also excoriated the support some Indian-Americans had expressed for Republican values.

“We’re the good brown people, the ones you don’t need to be afraid of. In an attempt to keep our ears above racist waters, South Asians have sometimes associated with our own oppressors,” she wrote.

“Her allegiances are not to her race, her gender, the community she was born into,” Koul added elsewhere. “They’re to her husband, and that’s an agreement women have been making since the advent of the marriage license.”

Reactions were not friendly.

“As clear an example as any that the logical extreme of racial and gender wokeness is racism and sexism,” replied Renu Mukherjee of the Manhattan Institute.

“She’s . . . supposed to be loyal to her race? Some details on what that would entail, please?” responded Ramesh Ponnuru in National Review.

“I simply cannot comprehend thinking that one’s sex or ethic background are your two defining characteristics that define all of your choices. Bizarre idea,” read another response.

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Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) falsely claimed on X that Florida’s constitutional carry law, which Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed last year, is responsible for a mass shooting that took place in Orlando on Thursday.

“A mass shooting happened last night in Downtown Orlando because of a new state law that allows people to conceal carry with no permit. [DeSantis] signed the bill that killed 2 and injured 8,” Frost said on Friday.

The state’s constitutional carry law means residents no longer have to obtain a concealed carry license from the Department of Agriculture. However, the rules to qualify for a concealed carry license still apply to anyone who will carry a gun without the license.

‘At least once a month, I have a tweet that makes the rounds in MAGA world. This is one of them.’

That means anyone carrying a handgun concealed must:

be at least 21 years old.not have a felony conviction.not have a record of drug or alcohol abuse.not have a conviction for a misdemeanor crime of violence in the last three years.not have two or more DUI convictions within the previous three years.not have a dishonorable discharge from the armed forces.

The story Frost cited revealed that the suspect in the shooting is a 17-year-old with a previous arrest record. The suspect’s age alone means he does not qualify to be carrying a firearm in public.

When X users pointed out that fact, Frost pivoted to statements made by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) and Police Chief Eric Smith, both of whom claimed Florida’s 2023 law prevents law enforcement from checking people for firearms. This is false, as someone who is carrying without a license must also have a valid ID and show it to officers who ask for it.

“At least once a month, I have a tweet that makes the rounds in MAGA world. This is one of them. It’s unfortunate that [DeSantis’] Permitless Carry Bill led to this shooting. The typical screenings that happen downtown on big days like last night were not there due to this law,” Frost doubled down.

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Multiple arrests have been made after a 64-year-old American woman became the first person to use an actual suicide pod in Switzerland. This suicide pod is called the Sarco and has been in development since 2017. At that time, its inventor coined himself the “
Elon Musk of Assisted Suicide.”

Dr. Philip Nitschke told Newsweek that he has been drawn to the world of euthanasia since he was a young medical school graduate in Australia, inspired by the work of euthanasia enthusiast Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

The Netherlands also became the first government to legalize euthanasia nationally (under strict conditions at the time) in 2002. However, the first country to allow children to kill themselves was Belgium in 2014.

Before the Sarco, Nitschke was already hard at work making suicide machine prototypes and successfully killing people with them. His first machine was a laptop hooked up to an intravenous system. The computer would ask a patient if the patient wanted to die and then trigger a lethal injection of barbiturates or depressants.

This death machine was used to kill four people in Australia from 1996 to 1997, a brief period when euthanasia was legalized in the country before it was struck down. It was made legal again in 2022. Nitschke, then 70, admitted that his work surrounding how to best help people die has taken some time.

“I’ve spent the last 20 years fighting for the legislation that just passed,” he said at the time.

He noted he had aided hundreds of “rational suicides” over the years and even published a book in 2006 describing the most painless and efficient ways to commit suicide.

All of this spawned the Sarco.

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What is it?

The Sarco was introduced in 2021 when suicide capsules were
legalized in Switzerland. With the help of Dutch designer Alexander Bannink, Nitschke managed to get the capsules through a legal review of authorized forms of assisted suicide. The doctor boasted of the freedom of killing oneself without government bureaucracy.

“The benefit for the person who uses it is that they don’t have to get any permission, they don’t need some special doctor to try and get a needle in, and they don’t need to get difficult drugs to obtain,” Nitschke said, per
Business Insider.

After their legal victory, the
3D-printed device was touted as a portable option that could be towed wherever the user wanted to die.

In 2020, approximately 1,300 people died by assisted suicide in Switzerland.

YouTube took down a demonstration of the machine for violating community guidelines; however, it chiefly involved using virtual reality goggles to show users what it would be like to be suffocated by gas in a picturesque setting … to utilizing its
viewing window.

“An idyllic outdoor setting or in the premises of an assisted-suicide organization” are the perfect situations, Nitschke said.

The user must pass a mental capacity test and be asked several questions before activating the machine. They are then prompted with a button that will bring oxygen levels dangerously low, after which the vessel fills with nitrogen gas until death.

As any scientist in his position would state, Nitschke said suicide pod lovers will feel “no panic” and “no choking feeling” but instead become “a little disoriented” and “slightly euphoric.”

Who makes it?

Designer Bannink of the Sarco doesn’t appear to mention his suicide pod designs on his website or
portfolio, opting to display underwater car drawings and flamboyant bikes.

He does, however, cite his design philosophy as the following:

“Any company can make ‘good’ products! So the way to distinguish yourself as a brand is to do it smarter or more beautiful than others.”

The company behind the recent suicide pod usage is a firm called the Last Resort. The company commented on the matter, saying, “On Monday 23 September, at approximately 16.01 CEST, a 64-year old woman from the the mid-west in the USA died using the Sarco device.”

Co-president of the organization Florian Willet called the woman’s death “peaceful, fast and dignified.” She added that it occurred under “a canopy of trees, at a private forest retreat.”

The Last Resort refers to itself as a “new human rights organization” that offers a drug-free means of “elective, peaceful & dignified death.”

“A good death is a fundamental human right,” the company says, noting that it offers free services to approved patients.

The pod is 3D-printed and costs vary depending on the manufacturer.

Exit International, which helped develop the Sarco,
estimated costs at around $19,000 per unit.

Is it legal?

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The first use of the Sarco came on the same day Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider told the Swiss National Council that she considers the use of the Sarco to be illegal.

“The Sarco suicide capsule is not legal in two respects. … On one hand, it does not fulfill the demands of the product safety law, and as such, must not be brought into circulation.”

“On the other hand,” she continued. “The corresponding use of nitrogen is not compatible with the article on purpose in the chemicals law.”

At the same time, the Last Resort cites on its website that Switzerland is actually “one of the few countries” in which helping someone kill themselves “is not a crime. “

The
Daily Mail reported however that Swiss law indicates that a person can receive assisted suicide so long as the person takes their life without “external assistance” while those who help the person die cannot do so for any “self-serving motive.”

This is likely why Last Resort offers its program for free.

The Last Resort said its program exists within the law and does not require specific approval due to the fact that the user is the one who presses the button to end their own life. It also cites that the user proves they are of sound mental capacity.

Stateside, euthanasia was first made legal in Oregon in 1997. This was followed by approval in California, Vermont, and Washington, but it is not federally legalized.

Internationally, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, and of course Switzerland have all legalized assisted suicide.

Russia is the only country in which all forms of euthanasia are illegal, as of November 2011.

In the Netherlands, where the suicide-pod designer is from, assisted suicide eligibility extends to infants as well. If aged 1-12, terminally ill children can be killed by the state. Those who are 5-10 can be killed if they are suffering unbearably or have no hope of improvement.

“The end of life for this group is the only reasonable alternative to the child’s unbearable and hopeless suffering,” the government said in 2023, per the
Guardian.

The Netherlands also became the first government to legalize euthanasia nationally (under strict conditions at the time) in 2002. However, the first country to allow children to kill themselves was Belgium in 2014.

Canada, which boasts a robust suicide system,
paused its program for those who are mentally ill.

The country’s requirements are rather
loose overall, allowing those with PTSD, depression, anxiety, and other survivable illnesses to use the country’s Medical Assistance in Dying program.

Are people using it?

Unfortunately, the trend of euthanasia is becoming more popular in places like Switzerland, where the suicide pods are currently available. In 2020, approximately 1,300 people died by assisted suicide in the country.

The Last Resort reported it had 120 applicants waiting to use its machine to end their lives; about 25% of those people were British. This included a married couple that wanted to be the first to use a double suicide pod.

The Netherlands said that only one person between 12-16 used government suicides in 2022 while it is estimated that the country’s new age rules would apply to about 5-10 children per year.

Sadly, euthanasia became the
fifth-highest cause of death in Canada during the summer of 2024. According to a report, it is evidence that medical professionals in Canada “are not viewing MAiD as an option of last resort only.”

With ages being lowered and allowable reasons for euthanasia being widened, societies are not far from the suicide booths portrayed in the cartoon “
Futurama,” it seems.

In fact, the only aspect of reality the cartoon appeared to get wrong is that it would actually cost money to be euthanized.

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Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla says basketball fans have been robbed of the entertainment value that hard fouls and scuffles bring.

Mazzulla was speaking with hosts on Boston’s 98.5 The Sports Hub radio who were discussing potential rule changes to make the NBA more exciting.

During the interview with Scott Zolak and Marc Bertrand, Mazzulla asked a question that likely has never been asked before:

“How come in baseball they’re allowed to clear the benches?”

The point of his question was to imply that there should be some form of fighting permitted in basketball, as well, resulting in penalties.

“I think the biggest thing that we rob people from as an entertainment standpoint is you can’t fight anymore,” he told the hosts. “I wish you could bring back fighting.”

Basketball has a history of scuffles and rough play, particularly in the late 1980s and early 1990s, an era that featured very physical players like Dennis Rodman and Isiah Thomas.

The radio hosts pointed out that the NBA rarely ever features any hard fouls anymore, adding that there isn’t a “fear” of physical repercussions for modern players like that there has been in the past.

Mazzulla added, “I mean, you want to talk talk about robbing the league of entertainment; what’s more entertaining than when there is a little scuffle?”

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon in an altercation.Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Mazzulla was also adamant about adding an advantage for teams who have a foul committed against them.

The coach claimed that “basketball is one of the only sports that doesn’t have a power play.”

“I think soccer just put in the ‘blue card’ where a guy has to go off, and it’s a 10 on nine. Like we should have a power play.”

Mazzulla was referring to a trial blue card in lower-tier soccer leagues, such as the Women’s Super League, where players are sent off the field for 10 minutes for specific violations.

ESPN reported that the rule, if implemented, would not be adopted by top soccer leagues until at least 2026-2027.

At the same time, most sports actually do not have a power play.

Along with basketball, baseball, football, and soccer do not such rules in place. Hockey is the only major North American sport that has players going off for a predetermined amount of time after a foul.

Lacrosse has power plays, however, and rugby has a form of 10-minute misconduct penalty that is similar to what is being proposed for soccer.

The Celtics coach and the radio hosts went on to discuss possible ways to implement a power play system in the NBA

“Let’s say you have a technical or let’s say you get a take foul, and you get the one shot, but you’re not really rewarded for that because if you miss it, you don’t get the reward for that take foul,” Mazzulla explained. “So there should be a power play where on a take foul or on a technical, you have to play five on four for five seconds or three passes.”

The hosts then suggested the length of a penalty could be one possession.

In response, Mazzulla broke down what he thinks the rule should be:

“Instead of taking the ball out on the side, you commit a foul and the other guy goes to the other side of half court and he can’t pass the half court circle for like, three seconds.”

The 36-year-old has been incredibly transparent since filling the coaching role in Boston. He has revealed his deep religious faith to reporters and has even shrugged off race-baiting questions from activist journalists en route to a 2024 NBA championship.

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Mail-in voting is banned in many Western countries and even in war-torn countries like Ukraine.

Mail-in voting was a strong point of contention in 2020 and continues to be hot-button issue during the 2024 presidential campaign, as Democrats have embraced the voting method and conducted legal campaigns to defend it.

In March, a meme circulated online purporting to list at least eight notable countries that have banned mail-in voting.

A page from Snopes, a left-leaning “fact-check” website, quickly popped up and labeled the claim a “mixture” of truth and falsities.

However, a review of voting laws around the world reveals that many countries do, in fact, allow absentee voting for citizens who are out of the country but disallow mail-in voting for citizens who do not have a valid absentee excuse.

The alleged fact-checkers mainly leaned on absentee voting as a reason why they couldn’t fully claim that mail-in voting is banned in many Western countries. As Pew Research has noted, at least 88 countries allow voting from abroad in presidential-level elections, which means that absentee voting is not a controversial topic. In fact, virtually no one in the United States challenges the right of people with a valid absentee excuse (such as overseas military service) to vote. What many have argued, however, is that those who live in the United States and are thus without an excuse for not participating in in-person voting should not be permitted to mail in their votes. And an examination of the laws in the countries in question reveals that many of them have taken exactly this position.

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For example, France banned mail-in voting for in-country residents due to fraud.

Snopes claimed that the practice was ended in France due to a “few instances” of fraud, particularly on the island of Corsica. However, Snopes’ source states that fraud and malfunctions in voting systems were not confined to Corsica and listed other instances.

Additionally, the list of those who could vote by mail-in ballot in France before 1975 was needlessly excessive. It included journalists who were “on the move,” travelers and representatives, commercial agents, fairground traders, seasonal agricultural workers, construction workers working on sites far from their homes, people seeking medical assistance at a “spa” or “resort,” and even “young people” who were at school far from their homes.

France, however, allows online voting, so long as the voter is French, resides abroad, and is properly registered.

According to Newsweek, Mexico banned absentee ballots in 1991 and mandated photo ID to vote. This came after the governing Revolutionary Party was accused of fraud and intimidation in order to garner mail-in ballots. Absentee ballots were reintroduced in 2006 only for those living abroad and only for specific elections, including the presidency.

This policy is mirrored in Belgium, where mail-in ballots are not allowed for residents in the country. However, those abroad can vote both by mail and by proxy. At the same time, some regions, including the Flemish region, are not yet allowed to vote by mail or online.

Belgium also instituted compulsory voting, which, for better or for worse, has resulted in a near-90% turnout rate. Consistent fines without justification could lead to a 10-year removal from voting registration.

Sweden has a similar system. Mail-in voting is only allowed for those abroad through mail, by courier, or through an embassy. Multiple sources make it clear that resident Swedish citizens must vote in person, with early voting up to 18 days before the election.

“Voters vote for a political party and may, at the same time, mark the candidate that they would prefer to be elected on their ballot paper with a cross,” the European Union writes about Sweden.

Italy too only allows mail-in voting for those residing abroad.

Japan explains its voting process through adorable cartoons, also noting that Japanese citizens should vote in person. Certain disabilities, along with living abroad, allow for voting by mail in Japan.

Snopes points out that while Ukraine and Russia do not have mail-in voting, Ukraine hasn’t had an election for several years due to the implementation of martial law.

While Ukraine does not allow mail-in votes, it does allow certain questionable practices, such as impermanent address changes.

“Citizens are able to permanently change their preferred address (which does not have to be their residence) to be assigned a more convenient polling station for both local and national elections,” Snopes wrote. “For national elections, they can also ask for a temporary change of address up to five days before the vote.”

While paper ballots and in-person voting are continuously decried as forms of voter suppression in the United States, it does indeed seem that by international standards, the U.S. is extremely lax in allowing mail-in voting for people who are residing in the United States.

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The Democratic Party’s liberal media allies seem intent on shielding Vice President Kamala Harris from criticism regarding the administration’s latest disastrous jobs report.

On Friday, the October report revealed that the Biden-Harris administration added only 12,000 more jobs to the economy — the lowest increase since December 2020. According to Fox Business, LSEG economists previously predicted a 113,000 job gain.

Trump ‘acts like the economy is in the toilet, but that’s just not true.’

While the private sector lost 28,000 jobs, the government “continued its upward trend in October,” adding another 40,000 jobs, the report stated.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the “unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent in October.”

These alarmingly low job-growth numbers come after the Department of Labor’s preliminary annual benchmark report in August, which revealed job gains were overstated by more than 800,000 from April 2023 to March 2024, Blaze News previously reported.

The administration has repeatedly overestimated its projected job growth. The DOL’s numbers were revised downward by 81,000 in August and by 31,000 in September.

The corporate media machine quickly came up with excuses for the Biden-Harris administration’s weak job gains, blaming them on Hurricanes Helene and Milton, as well as the Boeing labor strike.

Those news outlets did not previously extend the same understanding to former President Donald Trump, who faced unprecedented economic challenges as a result of COVID-19. An NBC News article from 2020 torched then-President Trump for gaining “just 661,000 jobs for September.”

On Friday, former New York state Sen. David Carlucci (D) told Fox News’ Harris Faulkner that the economy is “a winning issue” for Harris.

Carlucci stated that Trump “acts like the economy is in the toilet, but that’s just not true.”

“Yes, people are struggling, and Kamala Harris knows that and says that, but you’ve got to take it in its entirety,” he continued. “If we look at where we were four years ago, economists were saying we were headed towards a recession, possibly a depression.”

Faulkner responded, “So exactly four years ago, around the time of the election, what was being handed was 1.4% [inflation rate]. So I’m confused. I don’t think you want to go back four years because that’s an easy conversation to have,” she added.

Carlucci remarked, “He [Trump] was the second president after Herbert Hoover to leave with less jobs when he left office than when started office.”

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Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah announced Friday that he will host a members-only forum for GOP senators vying for the leadership position on Nov. 12, less than a day before votes will be cast.

Republican Sens. Rick Scott of Florida, John Thune of South Dakota, and John Cornyn of Texas have all agreed to the forum, according to a letter from Lee. The senators will be given the opportunity to make their pitch and present any proposals before the Republican conference.

‘I appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to what I am sure will be a fruitful discussion.’ .

“With the upcoming election for Republican leader, I, as well as many other members of this body, hope to have the opportunity to hear from the candidates, pose questions to them, and have a ‘family discussion’ on their vision for the future of our Conference,” Lee said in the letter.

“Each of the current candidates has agreed to participate, and should another candidate emerge, they will be given the same opportunity,” Lee continued.

Scott, Thune, and Cornyn emerged as the three front-runners to replace current Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has led the GOP in the Senate since 2007, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in American history. McConnell announced his retirement in February this year, saying he would step down from his role following the election.

“In addition to inviting every Republican senator, I will also extend an invitation to all of our new Republican senators-elect and candidates in elections that remain contested at the time of our meeting,” Lee said.

“I appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to what I am sure will be a fruitful discussion,” Lee continued.

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A USPS mailbox in Michigan was vandalized over the weekend, potentially affecting local voters who had cast an absentee ballot, a new report from WZZM claims.

Sometime between 11 a.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. on Monday, someone apparently vandalized the mailbox outside the post office in Twin Lake, a rural area of Michigan about 45 minutes north of Grand Rapids.

‘The good news is we have time before the election.’

What’s worse, at least two local residents claimed to have deposited absentee ballots in the mailbox, but officials could not locate those votes.

Blue Lake Township Clerk Jeff Abram told WZZM he did not even learn about the apparent vandalism until a resident contacted him about his absentee ballot.

“I had a voter come into my office yesterday and said he deposited his ballot in the Twin Lake post office box that was outside the collection box, and he wanted to know if I had his ballot yet,” Abram explained.

Just 10 minutes later, another resident came inquiring about an absentee ballot that had been deposited in the mailbox. Abram said he could not find either ballot.

Abram added that no one knows the motive behind the alleged crime or how much mail might be missing.

“I hope it’s not to get the ballots. Again, we don’t know what kind of mail was taken or how much was taken, but I do know that I do have two constituents that didn’t get their ballots,” he reiterated.

Abram confirmed to the outlet that he spoiled the ballots of the two residents who contacted him and issued them new ones.

He and other area clerks worry that other absentee voters, unaware of the allegedly stolen mail, might be affected. Anyone who placed an absentee ballot in that mailbox during that 46-hour window is urged to track their ballots online or call their local clerk so that they won’t be disenfranchised.

“There are also two neighboring townships that use that post office branch as well. They too should contact their respective clerks to see the status of their ballot,” Abrams said in a statement to Blaze News.

“The good news is we have time before the election if we need to spoil their current ballot and reissue them another ballot before the November 5 election,” he added.

Whether any suspects in the case have been identified is unclear.

Blaze News reached out to the Twin Lake postmaster, who directed us to the U.S. Postal Service media contact. Blaze News was then redirected twice more. The final USPS source Blaze News contacted did not respond to a request for comment.

H/T: Gateway Pundit

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Tucker Carlson revealed on X his tongue-in-cheek response to a New York Times reporter asking him if the gold and black tie he wore during his speech at the Trump rally in Madison Square Garden was to show subtle support for the Proud Boys.

Adam Satariano, a technology reporter based in London, asked Carlson if he wore the tie on purpose because allegedly the Proud Boys believe he was showing support for the group, since they use those same colors in their branding.

‘I hope you’re filled with guilt and self-loathing for sending me a text like this.’

“Is this the case? At the rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, was Mr. Carlson’s choice of wearing black and gold a sign of support for the Proud Boys?” Satariano asked, giving a deadline to respond of Friday at 2 p.m. ET.

“I just received the inquiry you sent about the tie I wore at Donald Trump’s rally. … Yes, that is an official Proud Boys necktie. I received it at my Proud Boys initiation ceremony several years ago, after swearing a blood oath to the global fascist revolution and the sacred principles of Q Anon,” Carlson replied.

“As you can imagine, I wouldn’t normally admit this. The rules of secret societies being what they are, anything related to dress code is supposed to be confidential. But in this case, I’ve been outfoxed by your relentless shoe-leather journalism. Darn you, New York Times. You win again,” Carlson concluded.

Carlson shared his response to Satariano with the caption, “The New York Times knows a Proud Boys necktie when they see one.”

Carlson has recently been on the offensive against reporters who request comment about ridiculous topics.

He posted his exchange with a different New York Times reporter who asked him about statements regarding the upcoming election that far-left Media Matters has called “misinformation.”

“This is why you got into journalism? It’s shameful. I hope you’re filled with guilt and self-loathing for sending me a text like this,” Carlson told Nico Grant.

When Grant pressed Carlson on the topic, Carlson replied, “Why would I participate in your attempt to smear me? No thanks. But I do hope you’ll quote what I wrote above and also note that I told you to f*** off, which I am now doing. Thanks.”

The New York Times did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

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Vice President Kamala Harris repeated a widely publicized claim that former President Donald Trump suggested “rifles should be trained on” Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney.

Trump was speaking at an event with host Tucker Carlson when he suggested Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was hurting Harris’ election campaign by endorsing her.

‘I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement.’

“She’s a deranged person, but the reason she couldn’t stand me is that she always wanted to go to war with people. I don’t want to go to war,” Trump said of Cheney.

“She’s a radical war hawk,” he continued. “Let’s put her with a rifle, standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. Okay? Let’s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face? You know they’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, ‘Oh, gee, well, let’s send, 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy.'”

Despite Trump’s remarks obviously pertaining to the flippant demands of war from politicians, the mainstream outlets held his feet over the fire for the metaphor.

The next day while speaking to reporters in Madison, Wisconsin, Harris pushed claims that Trump was saying he wanted guns pointed at Cheney’s face.

“[Trump] spends considerable amounts of time plotting his revenge on his political opponents,” Harris began.

“Even worse he has increased his violent rhetoric … about politic opponents and in great detail suggested rifles should be trained on former Representative Liz Cheney.”

“This must be disqualifying,” Harris said vehemently. “Anyone who wants to be president of the United States, who uses that kind of violent rhetoric, is clearly disqualified and unqualified.”

“Representative Cheney is a true patriot who has shown extraordinary courage in putting country above party,” she added.

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Harris’ rhetoric follows that of a bevy of seemingly reputable sources, whose framing of Trump’s remarks included the following:

Daily Beast: “Trump Fantasizes About Shooting Female Rival in the Face”CNN: “Trump says ‘war hawk’ Liz Cheney should be fired upon in escalation of violent rhetoric against his opponents”NPR: “Trump, using violent language, attacks ‘war hawk’ Liz Cheney”The Washington Post: “Trump suggests ‘war hawk’ Liz Cheney should have guns ‘trained on her face’”The New York Times: “Trump Attacks Liz Cheney Using Violent War Imagery”Axios: “Trump suggests Liz Cheney should have guns ‘trained on her face'”

The hysterics surrounding Trump’s remarks have even reached the level of criminal investigation with Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes telling 12News that she may seek charges.

“I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement, analyzing it for whether it qualifies as a death threat under Arizona’s laws,” Mayes said.

“I’m not prepared now to say whether it was or it wasn’t, but it is not helpful as we prepare for our election and as we try to make sure that we keep the peace at our polling places and in our state.”

Vice President Harris also said that Trump has shown to be permanently out for revenge, increasingly unstable, unhinged, and possessing an ever-growing list of enemies.

She added that Trump’s rhetoric has become more and more “extreme” leading up to the election.

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The Trump-Vance campaign has filed a lawsuit against Bucks County for turning away Republican voters — and they’ve won.

A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday sided with the Trump campaign and extended the in-person voting option in Bucks County, as long lines on the final day had voters fearing they were being shut out completely.

One woman was even arrested at the polling location for “influencing” voters by asking them to all stay in line rather than leave out of frustration. Voters now have until Friday.

“MASSIVE. We just won in Bucks County PA. Judge just ruled that Josh Shapiro’s buddies violated state election code by blocking people from voting with uniformed officers – we all saw the videos. Early in person Voting is now EXTENDED until 5pm. Get back in line, Bucks!” Jack Posobiec wrote in a post on X.

“Why were these people out there just cutting the lines short in the first place Chris, in Pennsylvania?” Jill Savage asks Christopher Bedford on “Blaze News Tonight.”

“Well, it was active voter suppression,” Bedford explains. “And right now, all we know is the police officers who were sent there, who made arrests, who blocked people, and I’m really curious.”

“The Democrat judge has said votes were suppressed here, that’s why they elongated this. Now, Bucks County is an interesting spot just outside of Philadelphia. It’s always been divided, long before Donald Trump,” he continues, adding, “Someone gave the order. They can’t hide behind that.”

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Left-wing Muslims are calling out the Democratic Party for allowing former President Donald Trump to court the Muslim vote as his campaign announced a visit to Dearborn, Michigan.

Muslims have decried the Biden-Harris administration for providing support for Israel in their military operation against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, and some have even called for U.S. Muslims to boycott the election.

‘The reality is that the Biden admin’s unconditional support for genocide is what got us here. … This election should not be this close.’

Among those upset at the campaign visit to the Muslim-majority city is Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

“Trump is a proud Islamophobe + serial liar who does not stand for peace. The reality is that the Biden admin’s unconditional support for genocide is what got us here,” said Tlaib on social media. “This should be a wake-up call for those who continue to support genocide. This election should not be this close.”

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud mirrored her comments.

“The architect of the Muslim Ban is making a campaign stop in Dearborn. People in this community know what Trump stands for – we suffered through it for years. I’ve refused a sit down with him although the requests keep pouring in,” said Hammoud.

“Trump will never be my president. To the Dems – your unwillingness to stop funding & enabling a genocide created the space for Trump to infiltrate our communities. Remember that,” he added.

The visit by Trump is reportedly the first by a presidential candidate of a major political party. He visited a popular Muslim-owned restaurant, though the owner said he wasn’t trying to tell anyone to vote for Trump. While there, Trump accepted a plaque “on behalf of all peace-loving Michiganders” for calling for peace in Lebanon.

Vice President Kamala Harris apparently tried to appease the Muslim faction in her party by rejecting Jewish Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate, but the party has still faced vitriolic criticism as the unrest in the Middle East worsened.

Some polls have also shown a shift in Jewish voters away from the Democrats to supporting Trump.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently being held in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center while a storm of federal and civil cases rages around him. He’s already been hit with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and prostitution charges, but those charges are anticipated to rack up even more as additional allegations are filed against him.

Jase and Al Robertson alongside cousin Zach discuss the P. Diddy scandal and what they hope happens to the music mogul while he’s locked up.

Zach remembers a time during 1998 when he used to listen to P. Diddy.

“We thought this is cool; this is glamorous,” he says. “Now you fast forward 20 years and everything that this guy was celebrated for in culture he’s now being demonized for.”

And he’s right — the list of things Combs is being demonized for is a long list of depravities that have been likened repeatedly to those of Jeffery Epstein, who met a dark fate behind bars following his conviction.

Further, it’s no secret what happens to many sex offenders in prison.

However, that’s not what the Robertsons wish for Sean “Diddy” Combs.

“I hope that out of the desperation of losing all that he thought was important that someone will share Jesus with that man,” says Al. “Maybe he’ll now finally be ready to listen.”

“A lot of times, that’s what it takes. It takes the devastation of a lifestyle that gets you there,” he adds.

“Depravity is actually a form of slavery, and you see it with this P. Diddy story for sure — like this guy was clearly a slave to his own depravity,” says Zach.

Thankfully, the gospel offers freedom and redemption, which is what the Robertsons pray Sean Combs will find.

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

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The Trump-Vance campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Committee alleging that the Washington Post had given the Harris-Walz campaign numerous illegal “in-kind” contributions through its coverage.

The filing noted that the Washington Post had publicly declined to endorse a presidential candidate but went on to accuse the outlet of “aggressively” boosting its paid advertising campaign to increase the reach of its articles related to the election.

It was a ‘reasonable inference’ that the Harris team had ‘communicated’ strategy to the Post.

The complaint relied on independent reporting showing the Post had boosted articles that were “neutral” with their coverage of the Harris campaign but were far more negative when covering the Trump campaign.

“To wit, one of the promoted articles highlighted how the Harris digital team was pushing content on social media claiming people were leaving President Trump’s rallies early,” wrote Gary Lawkowski, an attorney for the Trump campaign.

“A month later, The Washington Post published an article, which was reportedly boosted by The Post, on the same topic, with a similar editorial framing,” the complaint said.

He goes on to say that it was a “reasonable inference” that the Harris team had “communicated” strategy to the Post and that it was boosting articles that defend and support a narrative to favor the Democrat narrative.

“The Commission should find reason to believe a violation has occurred and passes an appropriate penalty for this infusion of dark money into the 2024 campaign,” the complaint said.

The complaint comes on the same day that talk radio show host Hugh Hewitt quit as a contributor to the Washington Post after blowing up on a livestream feed over the mischaracterizations by others at the Post about election irregularities.

“This is the most unfair election ad I’ve ever been a part of. You guys are working. That’s fine,” said Hewitt as he took off his headset. “I’m done!”

Many in the media and on the left went into full meltdown mode when the Washington Post refused to endorse a presidential candidate.

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Filmmaker
Christopher Martini set out to help show Americans a different side of President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election with a documentary titled “The Man You Don’t Know.” Hawaii resident Kathy Forti was among the moviegoers around the country who joined the Republican president in checking out the film in its opening week.

Forti later notified Martini that while the film was informative, the moviegoing experience was altogether puzzling.

Forti, a psychologist, alleged that upon arriving at the Regal Maui Mall 30 minutes prior to the 12:15 p.m. showing on Oct. 26, she was informed that all of the seats in the theater save for those in the front row had been sold — a claim apparently reinforced by a digital seating chart that a theater employee showed.

‘From their coordinated efforts, it felt planned.’

“We reluctantly purchased the two unsold seats in the front row, consoling ourselves that at least the seats were recliners and it couldn’t be that bad,” Forti wrote to Martini in a statement obtained by Blaze News. “However, upon entering the show close to starting time, we found the theater was completely empty.”

It wasn’t empty for long, though.

“Two women entered after us and sat further back,” Forti’s statement continued. “We wondered if perhaps a group had bought all the tickets and they were late arriving.”

According to the psychologist, the two other women in the theater did their best to disrupt the showing, “hissing, laughing, and shouting such things as ‘liar,’ ‘not true,’ and other derogatory comments.” The provocateurs allegedly stood in front of the screen at one point, then later sprayed an unidentified aerosol in another apparent provocation.

Despite the intervention of an usher, Forti indicated that the provocateurs remained until the end of the film.

Forti told Blaze News, “I believe the two women intentionally tried to intimidate us and drive us out of the theater. From their coordinated efforts, it felt planned.”

Afterward, Forti claimed that she pressed the ticket desk for answers about the seating arrangements, only to discover that only four tickets had ultimately been purchased, which dispelled her previous suspicion that the seats had been bought up to preclude people from seeing the film but left her with even more questions.

‘It feels like somebody is deciding for the country what they see and what they cannot see.’

“They never explained the sold-out vs. non-sold-out ticket screen we saw,” said Forti. “Had we not gone back after the documentary to say something, we would never have known about the change in ticket screen seating chart.”

“My friend and I turned to each other, wondering if we had just entered the Twilight Zone,” the psychologist wrote to Martini.

Blaze News reached out to Regal Cinemas for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

When speaking about Forti’s theater experience, Martini told Blaze News that his producer and co-writer, Joshua Macciello, has “been getting a lot of similar stories.”

“This film could actually influence the election,” said Martini. “I have a lot of people coming to me with similar stories to Kathy’s. … It makes one wonder if there’s some sort of concerted effort on somebody’s part to suppress this movie about Trump, which is being released right before an election across the country.”

Martini’s suspicions are heightened on account of “awful locations and screening times.”

Macciello, the president of Global Ascension Studios, recently expressed his frustration to Dan Ball of “Real America” over the apparent refusal by certain theater circuits to screen the film.

“I mean, what’s going on there?”
said Macciello. “This is not a political movie. … This is a movie about a man. It gives you an insight into him. And he happens to be in politics and running for president.”

“In the present-day United States of America, it’s very bizarre. It feels like somebody is deciding for the country what they see and what they cannot see. And clearly, somebody does not want [them] to see a film about President Trump right before the election,” said Martini.

The documentary — billed as a “balanced, deeper portrayal of Trump as a scholar, successful entrepreneur, man of faith, and devoted family man” — features interviews with various people in Trump’s orbit, including Lara Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Eric Trump, his granddaughter Kai Trump, Hulk Hogan, and Kyle Forgeard of the Nelk Boys.

Trump attended the premiere on Saturday with friends and members of his family.

When asked about his objective with the film, Martini indicated that the media has almost exclusively advanced negative depictions and narratives about Trump, which is troubling because “the truth always lies somewhere in the middle.”

“Our goal with this was to show the other side,” said the director, “coming from the people that he made a positive impact on.”

Despite the apparent desire by
leftist organizations and activists to keep the film content in theaters ideologically uniform, Martini indicated that intellectual diversity is ascendant.

“I think that there’s very few people making the kinds of movies that right-leaning people, conservative-leaning people, you know, God-fearing people want to see,” said Martini. “But all of that’s changing.”

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