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

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

‘I sighed when I found out.’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Background

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

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

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

Counterstrike

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Banned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What else do we know about the suspect?

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

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

How are observers reacting?

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

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

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

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

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

A Trojan horse in disguise

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

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

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

Data-driven manipulation

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

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

Crooked capitalism

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

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

Smart TVs and surveillance capitalism go hand in hand.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One big happy family? Not on your life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Check out the mind-bending video here.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All three were booked into jail, KATU reported.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Since the dawn of October, I’ve found myself thinking often about two iconic monsters — the bloodthirsty vampire and the shapeshifting werewolf.

Perhaps it’s the Halloween decorations everywhere, the pop-up costume shops on every corner, or the horror films Netflix keeps recommending to me.

The vampiric spirit of bloodlust is easy enough to see in the widespread demand for unfettered abortion.

It could also be my recent discovery of “Haunted Cosmos” — a podcast for the highly curious that examines myth, legend, and the paranormal through the lens of Christian doctrine.

The creators of the series, Ben Garrett and Brian Sauve, make the case that much of what Christians dismiss as superstition is either true, partially true, or, at bare minimum, inspired by something true.

They take seriously the notion of aliens, dragons, Bigfoot, faeries, monsters, and the like. Using scripture as their decoder, they ask: Does the Bible offer support for the existence of these creatures?

Mask off

Whether or not stories about vampires and werewolves refer to actual creatures in the world (Garrett and Sauve have devoted fantastic episodes to this topic), one thing seems undeniably true to me.

The evil depicted by these legends is real — as real as the ground beneath our feet.

I’ve also been connecting the dots between this primordial evil and two of the most alarming modern issues contributing to the decline of the West. While these concepts may seem worlds apart, I sense a sinister connection between them.

The vampire and werewolf must be regarded in earnest because they pervade history. Every culture across time has some version of these evil entities. And when a thread of thought weaves through time and place, surely it hides a deeper truth. But what?

As a Christian, my answer to that question is that supernatural forces that crave human blood and revel in the idea of shapeshifting exist. They are demonic in nature and very powerful.

The anti-gospel

A vampire is a being who lives by taking the life force (the blood) of others. Is that not the antithesis of the gospel message? The vampire says, “Your blood for my life,” whereas Jesus gave his blood so that we might live.

Vampirism is an anti-gospel. It expresses the rebellion of the original fallen angel — that great foil to Yahweh, Satan. That’s not to say vampires with fangs who sleep in coffins exist but rather that the entity that gave birth to such a myth exists.

The same goes for the spirit or entity that inspired the werewolf archetype. A werewolf is a man who, infected by evil, is forced to reject his nature and become a grotesque version of who he was intended to be. Again, we see an obvious perversion of God’s design. The rejection of our own nature is a rejection of our creator, who made us in his own image. This is also an anti-gospel.

Perhaps it’s a stretch to say that the same demonic entities that inspired vampires and werewolves are currently terrorizing the West, but I don’t think so. Not when I look closely at two of the biggest evils facing us today — evils directly caused by the rejection of our Judeo-Christian heritage.

What are abortion and transgenderism, after all, but the return of those iconic creatures of death, the vampire and the werewolf.

Shout Your Abortion

The vampiric spirit of bloodlust is easy enough to see in the widespread demand for unfettered abortion — especially on the furthest flank of the left, which openly relishes the slaughter of the unborn. One particular attendee at a pro-choice rally comes to mind. On her rotund, third-trimester belly were painted the words “NOT A BABY.” The image still haunts me.

There’s also the Shout Your Abortion organization, which quite literally encourages women to celebrate their abortions and share their “success stories.” SYA’s mission statement outlines its intentions to create a society where “abortion is free, de-stigmatized, and accessible in every community across the country.” In other words, these people really love the idea of boundless bloodshed.

Consider the murderous zeal of Minnesota governor — and Kamala Harris’ running mate — Tim Walz, who signed a statute repealing the law that required babies who survive botched abortions to receive life-saving care. Even those whose lives have been miraculously spared cannot escape doom under the Walz regime.

Father of lies

However, not everyone is so candid about their desire to facilitate a genocide against the unborn. There are vampires who employ seduction to achieve their twisted desires. Like the serpent who used language to ensnare Eve in the garden, these cunning bloodsuckers deceive their victims with poetic discourse.

In Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” the titular count tells his quarry, “Mina, to walk with me you must die to your breathing life and be reborn to mine.” That’s a very polite way of expressing your intentions to gorge on someone’s blood and turn them into a fellow wraith.

Pro-choicers of this kind speak in euphemisms. They make abortion — the bloody disruption of the holy process during which God knits a soul into being — sound practical, moral, even benevolent: Women’s health care, reproductive rights, life-saving interventions.

Having been wooed and deceived, the vampire’s victim walks willingly to her — and it’s almost always a her — death. Similarly, young women are seduced by euphemistic pro-choice language and agree to not their own death but something even worse — the death of their innocent child. We see the common thread: Young women, deceived by language, make a decision that results in a bloody death.

Unleashing the beast within

As for the demonic entity that inspired the shapeshifting werewolf, I see its handiwork primarily in the transgender movement. An ideology that is capable of subverting language, butchering healthy bodies, removing children from loving homes, and obliterating the guardrails that have long protected women is a demonic ideology.

At its root is Satan’s original sin: He thought he was better than God. Transgenderism shares the same core belief — the same pride-filled ideation that we supersede the King of kings.

A man who believes he is a woman and attempts to reshape himself in accordance with this belief sins in three ways: He rejects himself, thereby rejecting the one in whose image he was created; he rejects God, purporting to know better than his own creator; and he imitates the deceiver, who is also a shapeshifter. The same goes for a woman who attempts to shed her God-given form and become a man.

Like the werewolf who is both destroyed and inflicts destruction, so, too, the transgender individual destroys his or her own body and/or psyche and perpetuates a destructive, demonic creed.

The darkness remains

I do not believe that the millions of people foaming at the mouth demanding abortion access for all just have a different perspective than me. I do not think that the doctors sterilizing children and cutting off their healthy body parts merely grew up differently than I did. That’s an oversimplification of the problem at hand.

Of course, we need to speak out and fight back against the organizations pushing these causes, the politicians working to enshrine them in law, the billionaires funding them, and the protesters storming the streets chanting for abortion access and trans rights.

At the same time, however, we need to look beyond these flesh-and-blood adversaries in order to see the true author of these evils. It is not man.

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12).

As Halloween approaches, my neighbors are quite literally pulling skeletons out of their closets, adorning their porches and lawns with all varieties of dark paraphernalia.

Two doors down from me, one couple has turned their entire front yard into a haunted graveyard featuring every monstrous creature imaginable, including — you guessed it — a vampire and a werewolf.

Although I find myself averting my eyes when I walk by, their celebration of darkness has set me down a path of considering how society at large celebrates darkness — the abortion and trans issues being just two on the long list of ideologies poisoning the West.

When October passes and the plastic monsters and tombstones are banished to dusty attics until next year, the darkness they represent will remain, and it will continue to erode society.

I wonder if the evil associated with Halloween, which many Christians rightfully avoid, might actually present an opportunity for us to consider how darkness — vampires and bloodlust, werewolves and shapeshifting — doesn’t ever go away. It merely puts on a new mask.

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Aerospace technology is advancing at mind-blowing speed with the advent of advanced artificial intelligence. AI has expanded the possibilities that previously limited the defense industry. Now, the aerospace industry is moving to utilize physics in mind-blowing ways.

Here are some of the latest aerospace and defense industry developments that have been revealed to the public.

This tech is clearly still in the development or testing phase, but the fact that researchers are seriously discussing a nanotech material that can ‘shape-shift’ is incredible.

Let’s start with one of the most bizarre examples. The Samarai UAV project produced a small UAV
described as “the world’s first controllable robotic samara monocopter.” This aircraft mimics the samara — the tree seed with a “wing” like a helicopter — in its design. The Samarai copter is about 16 inches long and weighs less than a pound. It can take off and land on the ground or be thrown into the air for takeoff. It also has a mounted camera, which revolves at the same speed as the machine’s rotation, allowing for a stable camera view on the controller — which is a tablet.

This design has a lot of promise for the future: “Because its design is so robust and efficient, the Samarai is intended mainly for military surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It is capable of carrying and dropping small payloads, and can be inexpensively fabricated using a 3D printer.”

Another example is Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, which is at the cutting edge of military stealth fighter jets. Northrop Grumman
describes it as a “stealthy, supersonic, multirole fighter” designed for the modern needs of the military.

Earlier this year, NASA debuted Lockheed Martin’s X-59 Quesst. The “X”
signifies that it is part of the Low Boom Flight Demonstration research. The X-59 Quesst was a project that sought to “quiet the boom,” referring to the sonic boom produced when the aircraft’s speed exceeds the speed of sound. Robert Pearce, NASA’s associate administrator for Aeronautics, said the research “showed us it was possible to design an aircraft that would produce a soft bump instead of a sonic boom.” The result of the research was the X-59, which is the prototype of what could become an industry of supersonic commercial aircraft. This aircraft’s sound is more like that of a car door closing than a typical sonic boom.

NASA is also developing
Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology, which is revolutionizing how traditional helicopters are used. These aircraft are capable of taking off, landing, and hovering in place anywhere they need to be. This project “is working with partners in government, industry, and academia to develop critical technologies that enable revolutionary new air travel options, especially those associated with Advanced Air Mobility such as large cargo-carrying vehicles and passenger-carrying air taxis.”

The RVLT project was historically concerned with “traditional rotary wing vehicles,” but it is also supporting the
Advanced Air Vehicles Program. This is a broader project with diverse focuses on new technologies in aerospace development. While many of these projects are still in the developing stages, they show the great breadth of the directions that the researchers are taking new aerospace technologies.

There are also alleged murmurings of nanotechnology that would drastically change the aerospace field forever. According to a piece of an
interview with some Lockheed Martin researchers, the tech developers discovered some new nanotechnology applications. These same researchers described the Samarai UAV project, as discussed above.

This other technology, however, has some truly mind-bending capabilities. One of the researchers said, “New materials that are on the lab bench right now … they can literally change shape, they can become almost a muscular material.” They also said that the material could take on different functions, like information processing or power storage: “We can do things like embed the nanotubes to make conductive structure, so that information doesn’t flow through a wire next to the structure but literally flows through the structure.”

They went on to discuss the possibilities of these futuristic aircraft, describing the ways in which “swarms” of “adaptive vehicles” could interact with each other to complete different tasks under changing conditions. The idea is that smaller vehicles could learn from each other and interact with larger aircraft. Some may have sensors, while others have other capabilities like payload transport or defense.

This type of UAV fleet would forever change air and space travel and the battlefield. As the researcher says, “As we go forward, we’re going to find new ways of using these unmanned UAVs.” This tech is clearly still in the development or testing phase, but the fact that researchers are seriously discussing a nanotech material that can “shape-shift” is incredible.

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Police were able to use DNA analysis to solve the mystery of a skull found inside the wall of a home in Illinois.

Officials said the skull had been found in 1978 by a homeowner in Batavia who was renovating the house. Police investigated the discovery but were unable to determine who it belonged to, so the skull was sent to the Batavia Depot Museum for storage.

‘I wish my mom was still here so I could tell her. She’d love it.’

Then in March 2021, workers at the museum rediscovered the skull and contacted the Kane County Coroner’s Office. They asked for a DNA profile to be made and were able to identify to whom the skull belonged.

Investigators matched the DNA profile to the genetic material of the great, great grandson of 17-year-old Esther Granger.

Granger had died in childbirth in 1866, and officials believe that grave robbers dug up her body and sold it for medical experimentation. She had been buried in Merrillville, Indiana, alongside her husband.

“There’s this sense of closure,” said 69-year-old Wayne Silvar, the great, great grandson. “I wish my mom was still here so I could tell her. She’d love it.”

Kane County Coroner Rob Russell says that medical experimentation would explain why Granger’s skull ended up about 80 miles away from where she was buried. At the time, doctors would pay for fresh corpses to increase their anatomical knowledge, but the demand only incentivized the unseemly practice of grave robbery.

Officials said the woman’s skull was laid to rest in August at the West Batavia Cemetery.

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Nevada women’s volleyball captain Sia Liilii delivered emotional remarks as her team officially forfeited a game against San Jose State University, which has a male on its women’s team.

Nevada players had announced their intention to forfeit weeks prior to their game against SJSU, which has a 6’1″ male — Blaire Fleming, born Brayden — on its roster.

‘This is what bravery looks like, this is what leadership looks like.’

However, University of Nevada officials rejected the players’ vote and said the game would go on as scheduled in accordance with NCAA rules and state laws surrounding gender inclusion.

Last week, the match was moved from Nevada to SJSU “in the best interest of both programs and the well-being of the student-athletes, coaches, athletic staff and spectators,” a statement read.

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As reported by Outkick, it wasn’t until the day before the match — scheduled for this past Saturday — that Nevada officials finally announced a forfeit.

“Due to not having enough players to compete, the University of Nevada women’s volleyball team will not play its scheduled Mountain West Conference match at San José State,” the school reportedly said in a statement.

Nevada players held a news conference at game time Saturday with the support of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports as well as former NCAA athlete Riley Gaines.

Image source: Independent Council on Women’s Sports video screenshot, used by permission

You can view video of the news conference here. Gaines begins speaking after the 9:30 mark; Liilii begins speaking after the 19-minute mark.

At least nine members of the Nevada team stood on stage during the presser, all wearing shirts that read “BOYcott.”

“This is what bravery looks like, this is what leadership looks like,” Gaines stated before introducing Liilii. “Certainly more bravery and leadership than the people who are supposed to be protecting them have shown.”

Liilii received a standing ovation upon taking the podium, bringing the senior to tears as she prepared to deliver her remarks.

“I never expected to be blindsided … having to compete against a male athlete,” the Hawaiian student began. “When the news broke, I was stunned, as many of my teammates were. This is not what we signed up for.”

‘We were told we weren’t educated enough, and we didn’t understand the science.’

In addition to Nevada, four other schools have forfeited against SJSU, however, none have given specific reasons as to why they were doing so. This, despite Fleming’s own teammate saying, “We all know the reason.”

The Nevada team captain addressed this head on, saying that the “the vague messages” from other schools weren’t “directly addressing the injustice” the women were facing in their sport.

She added that her school even made its decision without consulting its own players, the ones who were directly in danger: “We were not consulted, we were not given a voice, and we did not agree.”

Shockingly, the athlete revealed that when the team spoke to school administrators, the officials refused to even listen to their statements: “We were told we weren’t educated enough, and we didn’t understand the science.” With that, the crowd in attendance loudly booed.

Blaze News on Monday reached out to the school for comment on Liilii’s aforementioned assertion but didn’t immediately hear back.

Liilii explained that she and her teammates did not expect to have to “fight for basic fairness” and that they do indeed understand the difference between a male and a female athlete.

She went on to ask the NCAA an open question: “How many young women will have to be beaten, or see their friends get beaten out of an opportunity by a male, before enough is enough?”

Liilii concluded, “Men do not belong in women’s sports. If you were born a male, you do not belong in women’s sports.”

Nevada on Tuesday is scheduled to play Utah State before returning home to play Boise State on Nov. 2; both Utah State and Boise State teams also forfeited matches against SJSU.

On SJSU’s schedule, the team lists the forfeited matches as “no contest.”

On Nevada’s schedule, however, the loss reads “forfeit.”

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Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris challenged Republican former President Donald Trump to a cognitive test in the last week of the presidential campaign.

Trump had mocked Harris as having cognitive problems and even called her “mentally impaired” at one point.

‘Obviously, he’s kind of joking around there with the crowd at a Trump rally when he says those things.’

“Kamala is mentally impaired,” said Trump in Wisconsin. “Joe Biden became mentally impaired, Kamala was born that way!”

On Monday, CBS News reported that Harris had agreed to take a cognitive test and was challenging Trump to do the same.

“This is what he has resorted to, and I think he actually is increasingly unstable and unhinged and has resorted to name calling because he actually has no plan for the American people,” said Harris of Trump in the interview with CBS.

Trump has hammered Harris at various events and mocked her intelligence.

“She’s got bigger cognitive problems” than President Joe Biden, he said at a rally in Georgia.

“She is a very dumb person, and we can’t do that. We can’t do that. I don’t want to be rude,” he said at an event in Pennsylvania.

However, when the Republican National Committee was asked about the comments, RNC co-chair Lara Trump walked them back a bit.

“This is Donald Trump, and he has never tried to make himself out to be anyone other than who he is,” said the daughter-in-law of the former president. “And obviously, he’s kind of joking around there with the crowd at a Trump rally when he says those things.”

In the CBS interview, Harris acknowledged that the election was very close.

“It’s a presidential race. And it should be close,” she said. “In all honesty, I’m seeing a lot of enthusiasm around our campaign.”

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A family of 49ers fans said that stadium officials tried to deny them entry into the San Francisco Levi’s Stadium over a “Make America Great Again” hat.

Ailynn Espino posted video of the alleged altercation on her Instagram account and described what happened.

‘This is usually stuff you see on social media but never a thought it would happen to you. We are so disappointed.’

“So what was meant to be a fun first time experience for our kids turned out to be an eye opener to us,” Espino wrote.

The video shows about half a dozen fans in 49ers jerseys stopped by two stadium workers who are trying to keep them out. The woman gains support from some of the bystanders who are walking into the stadium.

“We were stopped after we scanned in tickets and security check points, by one male asking my husband to either throw away the hat or leave the stadium,” she added.

Espino said a supervisor was called out, and they spent between 30 and 45 minutes arguing about the disagreement before they were allowed into the game. She says they missed the beginning of the game, however.

“This is usually stuff you see on social media but never a thought it would happen to you. We are so disappointed,” Espino added.

Blaze News reached out to Levi’s Stadium for comment about the incident but did not hear back by time of publication.

A similar incident unfolded in September against an Arizona Cardinals fan who tried to bring a Trump hat into a State Farm Stadium in Glendale. The fan was forced to toss the hat into the trash to be allowed entry, but the team later apologized for the incident.

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The Kamala Harris campaign announced its own map on the popular shooter game Fortnite just a week before the election as part of a bid to reach gamers. The map was met with very few initial users.

“Freedom Town, USA” sports some of the Harris campaign promises and presents itself in the exact way an out-of-touch politician would attempt to reach young audiences.

In a promo video, “Fight for freedom” appears in large text as generic rock-rap music begins to play. On the map’s backdrop, fictional retail outlets like “Kamala’s Kicks” fill the streets.

The imagery also showcases signs in rainbow colors that display generic messages like “Promise of America” and “Freedom.”

“Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s campaign have released their very own Fortnite map in a bid to court the most oppressed demographic: 12-year-old gamers who play Fortnite,” writer Ian Miles Cheong wrote on X.

“Freedom Town, USA is a custom creative map themed around some of Harris’ campaign, including tax breaks for small businesses and affordable housing.”

Cheong also revealed that audio cues in the new map included clips from Donald Trump. For example, when you pick up a cat, Trump says, “They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats,” plays.

“You have to wonder who they’re even campaigning for,” Cheong added.

The map, which was officially released on October 28, so far has not been a hit. It carried an impressively low all-time peak of 261 concurrent users and is ranked No. 435 as a map. At the time of this publication, there were 1.7 million people playing Fortnite.

Other pushes from the Harris campaign into the gaming world have included a Geeks & Nerds for Harris fundraiser.

Embarrassingly broken up into the categories “Earth heroes” and “space explorers,” the organizers describe themselves as a “diverse group of fandoms and artists teaming up to support Kamala Harris.”

‘Those guys drew up a playbook and it’s project 2025.’

Additionally, vice presidential candidate and Governor Tim Walz was joined in a video game streaming session by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The pair played the football game Madden 25 and the driving game Crazy Taxi.

During their stream, Walz attacked Trump for wanting an administration that tells citizens “what books to read” while connecting him to Project 2025.

“I think a lot of folks on here are kind of independent folks, independent thinkers about things,” Walz stated. “Why would you want the government telling you what books to read, or what doctor to see, or what how big your family can be?”

“It’s that kind of stuff [that] is ridiculous and so I think, you talk about football planning, it’s the same way; if you’re going to drop a playbook in football you’re going to use it. Those guys drew up a playbook and it’s project 2025.”

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Last week the mother of all interviews happened when Donald Trump, arguably the most famous man on the planet, appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the top-ranked podcast on the planet.

In their three-hour interview, Rogan and Trump broached a number of issues, but one that’s getting a ton of media attention is Trump’s reiterated claims that he will potentially end income taxes by substituting tariffs.

Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere discuss the possibility of such a drastic change to America’s tax infrastructure.

As for repealing the 16th Amendment, Stu says, “I am a huge fan.”

Glenn shares Stu’s enthusiasm and thinks that “it’s the right time” to do it.

“[Trump] is talking about tariffs in a different way. … You build your cars outside of the United States? Okay, we’re going to put a tariff on it to keep cars that are made here in the United States cheaper,” says Glenn, adding that this is the first time he’s ever “started to agree with tariffs.”

“We must rebuild our infrastructure. We have to have manufacturing here in America,” he says, pointing to the fact that America “made the planes and the tanks and the Jeeps … that brought the whole world into Germany” during WWII.

“Tariffs have a chance of saying, ‘Look, you want to sell your stuff? Fine, make it in America. … We’ll give you incentives to bring your company, your manufacturing here so we have these plants, we are producing our own steel, we’re doing these things.’ Meanwhile, we’re also going to drill, baby, drill,” which will “bring our energy costs down,” Glenn explains.

While Stu doesn’t love the idea of tariffs, he does love what they would do to the magnitude of our current federal government.

“The size of the government that would be required for a government to be funded by tariffs is the size of a government I like,” he says, adding that “it’s a lot smaller than the one we have.”

“Yes!” Glenn agrees. “We were all about that up until the 16th Amendment.”

However, the question still remains: Will Trump actually do it?

Even though almost all politicians promise tax cuts leading up to an election, Glenn thinks Trump “is actually going to do a lot of these things” he’s talked about during his campaign, as long as “he has the Senate and the House.”

But he also has to “turn it around quickly.”

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

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“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg issued a crazed warning about what will happen to interracial couples under a second term of President Donald Trump, whose re-election prospects look high.

On Monday, Goldberg said Trump will split up couples in which one spouse is an illegal immigrant and reassign the white “guy” to another woman.

‘These are the final hours.’

“He is talking about you. It’s us. He’s not going to be — he’s not going to, you know, say, ‘Oh, you’re with a white guy, I’m going to keep you from being deported.’ No, he’s going to deport you and put the white guy with someone else. The man is out there,” Goldberg yelled.

Goldberg and the other hosts of “The View” were in hysterics on Monday following Trump’s massively attended rally in New York City at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Guest Mika Brzezinski added to the hyperventilating over the rally, calling it a “Nazi-type” gathering, even though minorities and Jewish supporters were at Madison Square Garden for the event.

“It was everything that you need to know about Donald Trump in one weird, white nationalist, Nazi-type rally and, of course, there are historic parallels to where and when this happened,” she continued. “I come with such dire warnings, and I mean them from the bottom of my heart!”

“These are the final hours. We need you, we need you, you, you, you, and all of you to vote,” Brzezinski added.

The prospect of mass deportations has become more stark with Trump leading in the polls against Vice President Kamala Harris. Tom Homan, who was the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under former Trump, said if there are concerns about families being split up because some are in the country illegally, then “families can be deported together.”

Trump has proposed using the National Guard and local law enforcement to help ICE officers track down and remove illegal aliens since that population has grown exponentially under the Biden-Harris administration. Democrats and open-border advocates have claimed the deportation process will be too costly and will do more harm than good.

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The internet is mercilessly mocking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over the Democrat’s bizarre gaffe about football in a deleted tweet.

The tweet showed the Democratic vice presidential candidate playing the Madden football video game against Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, but it was his message that confused many.

‘No one has ever used this phrase in football… Their entire campaign is a disaster.’

“@AOC can run a mean pick 6 – and I can call an audible on a play. And we both now that if you take the time to draw up a playbook, you’re gonna use it,” read the Walz tweet.

However, anyone with a modicum of football knowledge knows a “pick 6” is not a play that can be simply selected but depends on chance and opportunity. The campaign appeared to realize the mistake and deleted the tweet but not before screenshots were saved and went viral.

Many noted that Walz had been a high school football coach himself.

“Are we sure Tim Walz has even watched a game of football, let alone coached a team?” joked commentator Siraj Hashmi.

“All the Harris campaign needs to do to win the election is line up in a pick 6 formation. It’s simple, just like teaching football,” read another joke.

“I’m not sure Kamala ever worked at McDonald’s and now I’m unsure if Walz ever coached football,” responded commentator Mark Hemingway.

Others pointed out that it was likely a social media manager who fumbled the tweet, not Walz himself.

“I get it, interns run social media for these people, but I’m starting to believe Tim Walz didn’t coach football either. No one has ever used this phrase in football. You can’t ‘run a mean pick 6’. Their entire campaign is a disaster,” said T.J. Moe, BlazeTV contributor.

“I’m dubious Walz posted this himself. It’s THAT bad. He’s getting dunked on for it, but I can’t bring myself to believe a former assistant high school football coach would type that. Pretty funny, tho,” read another response.

Walz has been hammered by numerous accusations that he exaggerated or outright lied about details of his life’s story in order to climb the political ladder.

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A Tennessee man called police saying he’d fallen off a cliff while a bear was chasing him. However, law enforcement is now saying the 911 caller murdered a hiker and then attempted to stage the victim’s death as a bear attack.

A man called 911 dispatch at 11:34 p.m. Oct. 18 to inform authorities that he was “injured and partially in water,” according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

A manhunt is under way for Hamlett, and police said he should be considered armed and dangerous.

The “distressed hiker” told police he had fallen off a cliff while running away from a bear. The hiker told law enforcement that his name was Brandon Andrade. The call was pinged in the area of the Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherohala Skyway in Tellico Plains — a small mountain town in east Tennessee.

When first responders arrived, they searched the area and discovered a bloody corpse at the bottom of a cliff. The dead man had Brandon Andrade’s identification.

But law enforcement determined that the victim was not Andrade. Investigators said the ID had been stolen and used multiple times.

Detectives with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division and the Monroe County Violent Crimes Unit identified Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, as the suspect who had been using Andrade’s stolen identification.

“Mr. Hamlett had used a false name when speaking with law enforcement in Knox County, TN after the distressed hiker call. Before his real identity had been verified, Mr. Hamlett is believed to have fled from his Tennessee residence,” the sheriff’s office said.

Investigators said the man who was found dead at the bottom of the cliff was murdered. Police did not identify him; they referred to him as John Doe.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Hamlett for first-degree murder. A manhunt is under way for Hamlett, and police said he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Hamlett is 5’7″ tall, weighs 170 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes.

Authorities said if you see Hamlett, call 911 or Monroe County Dispatch at 423-442-4357.

Apparently, this isn’t the first time Hamlett has been accused of an incident like this.

In 2009, Hamlett was accused of holding a man at gunpoint, trying to hit him with a baseball bat, and attempting to bury him alive, according to AL.com. He was charged with attempted murder and kidnapping before pleading to a lesser offense of felony assault. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his crimes in 2012. In that case, Hamlett used the alias Joshua Jones. Hamlett also was wanted in Alabama on a parole violation.

As Blaze News reported earlier this month, a Montana father was so brutally mangled to death while camping that his friends thought he was mauled in a bear attack. However, detectives said the “loving” dad was not killed by a bear – but rather he was the victim of a grisly homicide.

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I just finished Joe Rogan’s interview with Donald Trump and wanted to share my thoughts while it’s still fresh in my mind.

This interview will likely be the most consequential political event of my lifetime — maybe ever. Future interviews will try to emulate its style and influence, making it a generational harbinger much like the Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate of 1960. But whatever comes next will only build on the precedent set here for the following reasons.

If the culture war needs voices like Rogan and Trump, so be it.

Rogan arguably has the widest reach of any show since Oprah Winfrey, and his audience is distinct: men who see themselves as truth-seekers and who distrust the current political and media landscape.

For better or worse, Rogan now guides more of the next generation of male discipleship and leadership in this country than the church does — an influence shift that the church has allowed.

Trump is arguably now the most famous living person in human history. And yet the largest platform in the country was still able to grant him the opportunity to counter so many misconceptions of who he actually is, what he actually thinks, and the resistance movement he represents.

This interview alone won’t erase nearly a decade of malevolent corporate journalism, but it’s a D-Day invasion-level event. The marriage of the largest alternative media platform yet devised and the biggest living threat to the current media-political-industrial complex has established a beachhead in the enemy’s occupied territory. Just as June 6, 1944, forever shifted the momentum in the last great war, it is quite possible that October 25, 2024, will be seen by future generations as the great momentum-shifter in the great information war.

The benefit of this interview for candidate Trump could be equivalent to the largest and most expensive media ad buy in political history — something unattainable given the resources and precise messaging required to pull it off effectively.

This may become the most-watched interview in human history, featuring a candidate whose last two campaigns were decided by a combined margin of fewer than 130,000 votes in key swing states. It granted him an unrestricted platform to redefine himself for millions just as the election unfolds.

This single conversation inflicted more epistemological damage on the Spirit of the Age that threatens Western civilization than the Christian Church has managed in a generation. Once the institution that shaped this civilization, the church has become weakened and passive in confronting today’s cultural battles.

It was just two individuals, each with their own unconventional beliefs, pursuing truth, common sense, and the common good. It’s clear why the Spirit of the Age attempted to dismantle Rogan’s platform during the COVID-19 pandemic and has targeted Trump himself for assassination not once but twice. By contrast, it’s equally clear why many pastors don’t face such opposition — they simply aren’t seen as a threat, and tragically, few even aspire to be.

The conversation about environmentalism may be the best example. Trump demonstrated a surprising command of the issue and, in one interview, inflicted more damage on a core tenet of the left’s occult religion than I’ve ever seen in a single setting. Given Rogan’s largely post-partisan audience, the reach and impact of this moment are significant.

This was cultural evangelism in action. Trump dismantled the left’s climate narrative as effectively as John of Damascus challenged Islam or Francis Schaeffer deconstructed the counterculture. This approach poses a serious threat to the prevailing Spirit of the Age.

If Trump and Rogan can reframe common sense in a way that transcends the mostly artificial partisan divide, they present a far more existential threat to societal darkness than the current state of the church, sadly. This conversation unfolds against the backdrop of leftists attacking publications like the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times for not rubbing their bellies.

This interview also signals where the culture war may go post-Trump. With the church caught up in self-censorship and essentially emasculating itself, something else must emerge to confront the darkness. Would God prefer to use our family-values pastors who speak with little vice? Absolutely. But just as Gideon sounded the trumpet for battle, the church has decided it has better things to do.

So if the culture war needs voices like Rogan and Trump, so be it. As believers, we shouldn’t compromise our core principles — we’re not allowed that luxury. But we should recognize where the battle is, go there, and stand with those willing to fight. Not everyone storming the beaches of Normandy was a devout believer, yet they fought. Cast aside your sweater vests and furrowed brows and join this fight while we still can. Joe Rogan’s interview with Donald Trump confirms that this battle will happen — with or without us.

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Tens of thousands of people reportedly attended the campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Houston, Texas, on Friday night in hopes of seeing Beyoncé perform, but many left very disappointed.

The Harris campaign estimated that 30,000 attended the rally at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, the hometown of the popular R&B singer-songwriter.

‘They booed the hell out of everybody. They thought she was going to perform.’

“We are at the precipice of an incredible shift, at the brink of history,” Beyoncé told the crowd. “I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live, a world where we have freedom to control our bodies, a world where we are not divided — our past, our present, our future meet us here.”

MSNBC and other outlets cited a campaign source to report that Beyonce would be performing at the rally, but she instead only spoke for a few minutes and left. After she walked off the stage, the audience appeared to turn on Harris.

A Blaze News review of Harris’ speech available on YouTube confirmed that the Democrat was constantly interrupted by large portions of the crowd booing and shouting.

Videos posted to social media captured some of the moments when outraged attendees interrupted Harris, but it’s unclear if those were edited.

Former President Donald Trump mocked and ridiculed Harris over the apparent debacle.

“Beyoncé went up and spoke for a couple of minutes and then left, and the place went crazy,” Trump said at a rally in Michigan. “They booed the hell out of everybody. They thought she was going to perform. What happened was my opponent got up and started speaking, and they booed the hell out of her. It’s crazy.”

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