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The answer to that question is: It depends on which subcategory of the red-pill right you’re looking at. On one hand, you have those whose eyes have opened to the corruption of the establishment. These people “used to support establishment Republicans” but, having seen the rampant corruption, now oppose these politicians.

“All the way on the other end of the spectrum, we have the Andrew Tates,” says Liz Wheeler, who points out that these kinds of red-pill bros tend to denounce marriage and the nuclear family.

It’s this latter category of men that Liz and the Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles are interested in.

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As for “guys who appear to hate women” and, more broadly, the “manosphere movement that discourages marriage and encourages promiscuous sex,” Knowles says, it’s “the flip side of the coin of feminism.”

What third-wave feminism and the manosphere movement have in common is that they both “misunderstand men and women” and “human nature” in general.

Knowles calls the “irrational, passionate kind of tyranny” that defines the red-pill bro movement “unreasonable.”

It “won’t lead to human flourishing,” he tells Liz.

Having met with many men who adhere to this ideology, Knowles says that they discourage marriage on the grounds that “family courts favor women in cases of divorce.”

However, the answer lies in “amending the laws,” not denouncing marriage, says Knowles.

But even that isn’t enough, according to him. True conservatives believe that “divorce is really evil,” and “if it is to be tolerated at all, it should be in really circumscribed cases.” Of course, we’re a far cry from that since the introduction of the no-fault divorce law that has essentially made divorce nothing more than an expensive, time-consuming breakup.

“I think that promiscuity and adultery ought to be discouraged, including in some cases, with the force of the law as was the case in America until relatively recently,” says Knowles. “I know there are going to be some people listening maybe on the red-pill right or certainly the feminists and the leftists who will look at me like I have three heads,” but “what I am stating is what everybody believed just about 50 or 60 years ago for all of American history and throughout the West, so this isn’t radical stuff.”

“Embracing divorce and radical individualism and just using people for your own pleasure. … If that’s the right, then really there’s no difference between the right and the left,” he says.

To hear Liz’s response, watch the clip above.

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When Americans sit down for dinner or prepare their breakfast, seldom do they ask themselves where their food comes from. And unfortunately, the farmers who have kept them fed for generations may be going extinct.

Brian Reisinger, a fourth-generation farmer himself and author of “Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer,” is seeing firsthand the economic and cultural crisis that’s threatening America’s food supply.

Rick and Bubba of the “Rick and Bubba Show” grew up in rural Alabama, and this hits close to home.

“We were an agricultural society, and boy, have we moved away from that,” Rick tells Bubba. “And unfortunately, it’s as if the farmer has, like Brian says, disappeared.”

“I like to say we’re not only losing the farms that feed us — which is true, this affects food prices, the security of our food supply, all kinds of economic issues — but we’re also losing a part of ourselves because this is a big part of our American values and a big part of who we are as a people, and it’s slipping away,” Reisinger agrees.

While Reisinger grew up learning from his father how to be a farmer himself, it’s a way of life that most Americans are now divorced from.

“It’s a beautiful way of life,” he tells Rick and Bubba. “I grew up working with my dad from the time I could walk.”

“The values, things you learn, you get up at sunup to work with your dad, and you do it till sundown. You come in at odd hours. The barn, when there’s a cow having a hard time delivering her calf, and you see your dad help deliver that calf and you see the calf take its first life breaths, you learn about the circle of life,” he explains.

“Not everybody has to grow up on a farm, we don’t have to force everybody to do that, but we’re losing this to such a degree that I really think it’s affecting our culture,” he adds.

But this isn’t happening just because the culture has changed.

“We come out of the depression, when the disappearance first started happening,” Reisinger explains, noting that the government “had all kinds of programs that were meant to control the price and the supply.”

“They had farmers leaving land idle. They had animals slaughtered. They did all kinds of things to try to bring the supply down and the prices up,” he continues, adding, “Our government began just piling more programs on top of one another.”

The government has continued to attempt to control farmers and their land while allowing foreign governments to buy farmland as well.

“It’s one of many things that our country allows that other countries don’t allow us to do,” Reisinger says. “The issue that we face with that is the incredible pace of foreign ownership of farmland.”

In just two years, foreign-owned farmland in the U.S. increased by 15% — and China is one of the biggest owners.

“That’s alarming,” he adds.

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A CNN report documented that CEOs of some big tech companies are giving former President Donald Trump a phone call after recent polling showed that he might get elected again.

Trump has mentioned in various interviews that the CEOs of Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon have reached out to him in the closing weeks of the election campaign.

‘I don’t want to have him, his administration, going after us.’

A person who is close with Trump and has knowledge of the calls spoke to CNN and said the CEOs were likely hedging their bets in case Trump won, the outlet claimed.

“There are some that seem to be waking up to the fact that like, ‘Holy s***, this guy might get elected again. I don’t want to have him, his administration, going after us,’” the person said. “What he’s saying out loud, I think they hear, and they’re taking it seriously.”

Of course, Trump has already obtained the enthusiastic and influential endorsement of tech billionaire Elon Musk, who owns the popular social media platform X.

Trump revealed that Google CEO Sundar Pichai called him to praise the success of his photo op at a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant.

“He said, ‘This is one of the hottest things. We have never seen anything like this,’” Trump said of the call with Pichai.

CNN cited a source who claimed Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg called the former president after the first assassination attempt on his life in order to praise him for his composure during the incident. The two had a combative relationship before the call but have since then been far more friendly in public comments about each other.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also reached out to Trump, according to CNN sources, with a “general, hello-type thing.”

Recent polling shows voter support for Trump surging just ahead of Election Day, and pundits believe that he will win if voting follows historic trends from 2016 and 2020.

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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance was forced to correct NBC News anchor Kristen Welker on Sunday after she made a false claim about Donald Trump.

Instead of asking Vance about the Trump-Vance vision for America, Welker chose to begin her interview with Vance — which aired just days before Election Day — by asking him if he views Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “ally” or “enemy.”

‘I think that that’s a misunderstanding of the history, Kristen.’

Vance, in response, called Putin an “adversary” and “competitor,” explaining America needs “to be smart about diplomacy.” Vance then tried to shift the conversation to topics Americans care about, but Welker refused to ask about those issues. Instead, she asked Vance why he’s “not willing to go so far as to call [Putin] an enemy.”

“Well, we’re not in a war with him, and I don’t want to be in a war with Vladimir Putin’s Russia,” Vance shot back.

And that’s when the interview took a turn.

Vance told Welker that America needs “smart diplomacy” to restore peace in the world and to turn the page from the foreign policy disasters of the Biden-Harris administration. Oddly, Welker responded by asserting that Russia invaded Ukraine when Trump was president, forcing Vance to give her a history lesson.

“Of course, Donald Trump was president for four years while Russia was essentially invading Crimea,” Welker said. “Why didn’t he kick him out when he had the chance? He had four years.”

“Oh, I think that that’s a misunderstanding of the history, Kristen,” Vance responded.

“Well, there was fighting going on,” Welker insisted

“First of all, we had Russia invade another country, a sovereign nation, during Obama,” Vance corrected. “We had Russia invade a sovereign nation during Bush’s term. We had Russia invade a sovereign nation during the leadership of Kamala Harris.”

“The one four-year term where Russia did not launch a full-scale invasion against a neighbor was under the leadership of Donald Trump,” he explained. “We also have to remember, just on that point, if Donald Trump had not given Ukraine javelins, the country would not exist as an independent sovereign nation anymore. So, the idea that Donald Trump wasn’t sufficiently strong on Russia, I think, is belied by the actual history of the period.”

Vance is right.

When George W. Bush was president, Russia invaded the country of Georgia in 2008. When Barack Obama was president, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. And, of course, under Biden and Harris, Russia expanded its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and launched a full-scale war.

It is, moreover, not correct to assert there was ongoing conflict in Crimea under Trump.

Crimea was annexed and incorporated into Russia in March 2014. It has remained under Russian occupation since then. Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine 2.5 years ago, Crimea remained relatively peaceful. There was, however, ongoing fighting in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine, which also began in 2014.

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Former President Donald Trump doubled down on his plan to consider eliminating federal income taxes by replacing them with tariffs.

During a podcast interview with Joe Rogan released on Friday, Trump stated that the “most beautiful word” is “tariff.”

“It’s more beautiful than love; it’s more beautiful than anything,” Trump told Rogan. “This country can become rich with the use — the proper use — of tariffs.”

‘We were so rich because we were taxing other people for coming in and taking our jobs.’

In 2018, the former president imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum.

When Rogan asked whether he is “serious” about the possible elimination of federal income taxes, Trump responded, “Yeah, sure. Why not?”

Last week, during a town hall segment with Fox News at a barbershop in the Bronx, Trump was asked whether it would be possible to do away with federal income taxes, Blaze News previously reported.

“There is a way,” Trump responded, adding that in the 1890s, the United States relied on tariffs and did not have a federal income tax.

“Now we have income taxes, and we have people that are dying, they’re paying tax, and they don’t have the money to pay the tax,” he continued. “No, there is a way if what I’m planning comes out.”

On Friday, Trump repeated similar comments to Rogan, confirming that it is possible to replace income taxes with tariffs.

He told Rogan, “Our country was the richest, relatively, in the 1880s and 1890s. A president who was assassinated, named [William] McKinley, he was the tariff king.”

“He spoke beautifully of tariffs. His language was really beautiful,” Trump explained. “‘We will not allow the enemy to come in and take our jobs and take our factories and take our workers and take our families unless they pay a big price. And the big price is tariffs.’ And he’d speak like that, but he was right.”

Trump continued, “And then around the early 1900s, they switched over, stupidly, to frankly an income tax. And you know why? Because countries were putting a lot of pressure on America, ‘We don’t want to pay tariffs. Please don’t.'”

Trump stated that foreign countries are controlling U.S. politicians.

“We had a commission meeting in the, I think it was 1887,” he stated. “Think of this problem: We were so rich, we had so much money, we didn’t know what to do. So, they set up a blue-ribbon commission on tariffs, and the sole purpose was what to do with all the money we had. We were so rich because we were taxing other people for coming in and taking our jobs.”

Trump noted that China relies on tariffs.

“If you want to own a factory and sell cars, if you build a factory here or have a factory, they don’t take our cars,” he said of China. “They wouldn’t take our cars. But if you build a plant in China, you can do that.”

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A man won’t be charged after fatally shooting a teen who opened fire at an Indiana high school party earlier this month — but the homeowner who allegedly allowed the party to happen has been arrested on felony charges.

Fort Wayne police on Monday arrested Joanna Eastes, 42, on charges of neglect of a dependent and furnishing property for the purpose of enabling minors to consume alcohol, both of which are felonies, WANE-TV reported. The station said Eastes also was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor, and was being held at the Allen County Jail.

Police told WPTA one partygoer returned fire with his own handgun — fatally shooting Ivy — and won’t face criminal charges ‘as his actions were justified under established Indiana self-defense law.’

WANE, citing Allen County property records, reported that Eastes is the owner of a home in the 4900 block of Manistee Drive where a group of mostly high schoolers met for an Oct. 19 party.

The Halloween party was advertised on social media, investigators told WPTA-TV, adding that partygoers were told to bring their own alcohol and marijuana — and were patted down for weapons before entering the home.

Police told WPTA the “party quickly got out of hand,” and the parent of a household member hosting the party “retreated to her bedroom and locked the door” without calling police about the situation.

When 17-year-old Willie Ivy III and his friends arrived at the party, police told WPTA they went to the back door to avoid being patted down and forced their way inside when a couple of attendees tried to stop them.

Ivy then pulled out a handgun and began firing shots as he walked through the back door, kitchen, and living room, police told WPTA.

Nine party attendees — ranging in age from 14 to 20 years old — were struck by bullets from Ivy’s gun, WPTA added. Their wounds reportedly weren’t life-threatening, WANE said.

Police told WPTA one partygoer returned fire with his own handgun — fatally shooting Ivy — and won’t face criminal charges “as his actions were justified under established Indiana self-defense law.” WPTA-TV said in its video report that the man who fatally shot Ivy was one of the victims wounded by Ivy’s shots.

Ivy — a student at North Side High School — was found in the yard of a home and was pronounced dead at the scene, WANE reported.

The following video news report about the fatal shooing aired prior to Eastes’ arrest:

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Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas pushed back on the “egregious abuse” of federal actors attempting to circumvent congressional authority by influencing judicial policy, according to a Monday letter obtained exclusively by Blaze News.

In the letter addressed to Robin Rosenberg, who chairs the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, Roy points out that Congress is actively considering legislation that would improve the effectiveness of the judiciary. At the same time, the committee is aiming to get rid of single-judge divisions for political convenience, according to the letter.

“The Administrative Office of the Courts is asking Congress to expand judgeships while simultaneously taking steps to usurp congressional authority by disempowering single-judge divisions,” Roy said in the letter. “As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I will do everything in my power to block any Administrative Office of the Courts priority until it stops the misguided attack.”

‘If your committee does not appreciate the legal and separation-of-powers issues at play, I hope it will at least recognize the political issues,’ Roy said.

“It appears that your committee is upset that certain litigants that do not check the correct ideological box are filing lawsuits in single-judge divisions and finding success,” Roy said in the letter. “This is a strange time for concern, given that the ideological left has long brought suits in courthouses where home state senators ensure a left-of-center judiciary.”

Roy also noted in the letter that former President Donald Trump had more injunctions against him than President Joe Biden, stifling claims of judicial bias against left-wingers.

“Why be concerned now instead of then?” Roy asked.

Roy says that Rosenberg cannot expect Congress to work alongside the committee if the committee is simultaneously trying to circumvent Congress.

“If your committee does not appreciate the legal and separation-of-powers issues at play, I hope it will at least recognize the political issues,” Roy said in the letter. “The courts cannot reasonably expect Congress to approve a significant number of additional judges while undermining congressional authority.”

“If you don’t hold up your end of the bargain, don’t ask us to hold up ours,” Roy said in the letter. “I cannot in good conscience support legislation — as a Texan, or as a member of the House Judiciary Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution — that expands the number of federal judges unless the Rules Committee, under your leadership, remedies this egregious abuse of authority.”

The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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The Biden-Harris Department of Justice prosecuted former Trump adviser and “War Room” host Stephen K. Bannon for actions that Democrats — including Attorney General Merrick Garland and former Attorney General Eric Holder — have similarly executed but without consequence.

Bannon, ultimately convicted in 2022 for supposed contempt of Congress, is scheduled to be released Tuesday from the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, where he has been sidelined for the past four months.

Bannon’s allies have been counting the days until he could resume the work of championing the MAGA movement. Some of his critics have similarly been counting the days, albeit with concern over the possibility that he might prove effective once again in mobilizing Republican voters in the final days before the election — after all, Bannon’s podcast ranks in the top 30 on Apple’s U.S. political list.

“My Dad is a political prisoner of Nancy Pelosi, Merrick Garland, and the corrupt Biden-Harris regime,” Bannon’s adult daughter, Army veteran, and WarRoom CEO Maureen Bannon,
noted on X. “They wanted to silence him and shut down the WarRoom by putting him in Danbury FCI, but all they did was make WarRoom and the Posse bigger, stronger, and more unstoppable!”

“His return will be EPIC!” continued Maureen Bannon. “UNLEASH THE HONEY BADGER!”

Speaking with the titular host of “The Todd Starnes Show” over the weekend, Maureen Bannon
indicated that her father’s message to “America first conservatives” ahead of his release was to “get out and vote.”

“It’s very frightening that the Democrats are the ones who say that President Trump, when he is re-elected, will be the one to throw his opponents or anyone that doesn’t agree with him in prison,” said Bannon’s daughter. “That’s exactly what the left is doing. They did it for Peter Navarro. They put him in prison for four months. They put my dad in prison for four months. This should wake everyone up.”

‘Don’t pray for me. Pray for our enemies.’

“Bannon becomes the new Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn — but for America — tomorrow, October 29, 2024. Soviet Communism’s poster child of political persecution,”
said Jeff Clark, a former assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s environment and natural resources division.

“He will have withstood being a political prisoner only to emerge, fully energized, and at the top of his game on the eve of the most important election of our lifetimes, where we roll back the tide of Communism for at least another four years or we risk the destruction of the Republic and its conversion, through the border invasion, censorship, and oppression, into a one-party monopoly,” added Clark.

Myra Adams, a writer who worked on the late John McCain’s campaign in 2008, expressed trepidation, noted in an
op-ed for The Hill, “Bannon’s release, with its movie-like timing, will be a Hollywood ending to modern America’s wildest and contentious [sic] presidential campaign. In the last week, Bannon could motivate Trump’s base as a ‘poster child’ for his well-versed judicial weaponization and retribution themes.”

Adams noted further:

Bannon will likely juice Trump’s get-out-the-vote effort to ‘save America’ from ruin. In the distorted MAGA mindset, that means only Trump can stop bloated, wasteful government, domestic fascism, economic collapse, the migrant invasion, wokeism and anti-Christianity. Only Trump can reduce inflation and the national debt, increase energy production and end foreign entanglements

Bannon was
convicted in July 2022 of two charges of contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas from the Democrat-controlled House Select committee investigating the Jan. 6 protests.

Around the time of Bannon’s sentencing, Blaze Media co-founder
Glenn Beck said, “Do you recognize your country anymore? We used to be a nation of fundamental rights granted to us by God, and we lived under a system of laws that promised justice. Not social justice, but justice justice. Can I ask you what American justice even means anymore?”

“Was it justice when Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress? We’ve seen people defy Congress for decades, but no one ever goes to jail,” continued Beck. “The last time someone went to jail for this was back in 1961. Before that … 1948! It’s rare, even though we’ve seen people openly defy Congress time after time.”

‘Every second will count.’

Christopher Bedford, senior editor for politics and Washington correspondent for Blaze Media, said at the time, “It paints a pretty clear picture of the DOJ’s priorities that you’re seeing Steve Bannon actually go to prison for contempt of Congress while so many
others have slipped by.”

Bannon reported to prison on July 1 after filing unsuccessful appeals to a full panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals and to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Before turning himself in, Bannon
told a crowd of supporters outside the prison, “I am proud to go to prison. If this is what it takes to stand up to tyranny, if this is what it takes to stand up to the Garland corrupt criminal DOJ, if this is what it takes to stand up to Nancy Pelosi, if this is what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden, … I’m proud to do it.”

Ahead of receiving a blessing from a priest and invoking the help of St. Michael the Archangel, Bannon said, “Father, don’t pray for me. Pray for our enemies.”

Bannon’s prison consultant, Sam Mangel,
told CNN that during his stint, the “War Room” host first worked in the library then began teaching history and civics to his fellow inmates.

Fred Carrasco Jr., a prisoner serving more than a decade at Danbury,
told NOTUS, “It’s awesome the s**t this guy knows.”

Peter Navarro, Trump’s former White House trade adviser who also did time for a contempt of Congress conviction, noted Monday, “Every time they call us fascists, remember they put me and Bannon in prison for defending the Constitution, bankrupted Rudy, took away the bar cards of Clark and Eastman, and want @realDonaldTrump in jail for the rest of his life. Kamala Campaign desperate and desperately woke and wrong.”

Raheem Kassam, Bannon ally and editor in chief of the National Pulse, told NOTUS, “I would not be surprised to see him immediately hitting the campaign trail, as well as hosting his ‘War Room’ show for four hours each day. Every second will count. Every word will matter.”

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Tom Homan, who was the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under former President Donald Trump, told “60 Minutes” there is a way to address families being separated due to deportations.

Trump has promised that his next administration will launch the country’s largest deportation operation to address the historic border crisis that was started by the Biden-Harris administration. The campaign promise has caused great concern among open-border advocates and activists who say the deportations will be too costly and too complicated to carry out.

‘Because their parent absolutely entered the country illegally, had a child knowing he was in the country illegally.’

Correspondent Cecilia Vega told Homan that deporting 1 million illegal immigrants could cost an estimated $88 billion in one year.

“I don’t know if it’s accurate or not,” Homan said.

“Is that what American taxpayers should expect?” Vega asked.

“What price do you put on national security? Is it worth it?” Homan countered.

“Is there a way to carry out mass deportation without separating families?” Vega followed up.

“Of course there is. Families can be deported together,” Homan replied.

When Vega asked why children who grew up in the United States should be forced to go to a country they are unfamiliar with, Homan said, “Because their parent absolutely entered the country illegally, had a child knowing he was in the country illegally. So he created that crisis.”

Similar to the promise of building a better wall system along the U.S.-Mexico border during his first campaign, Trump’s promise to carry out mass deportations has been a staple of his third presidential run. Due to the large illegal immigrant population, Trump has proposed using the National Guard and local law enforcement to help ICE officers track down and remove illegal aliens.

“If given a second term, Donald Trump promises to decimate American communities by targeting immigrants who are already contributing members of society and blocking new immigrants from coming lawfully to the United States. Trump has made clear that he will double down on what he did during his presidency — without regard for the law, decency, or common sense,” the American Civil Liberties Union has claimed about Trump’s plan.

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In what Glenn Beck says is the “one of the most horrifying things [he’s] ever seen,” Kamala Harris, during a surprise address from the vice presidential mansion, used the power of her office to once again make the case that Donald Trump is Hitler.

Despite the fact that Democrats and their media allies have demanded that Donald Trump “tone down his rhetoric,” the left continues to repeat the same language that likely inspired the assassination attempts against him. Harris’ surprise address is the latest example.

On October 23, the VP, with a contrived distraught expression, delivered the following statement: “So yesterday we learned that Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly, a retired four-star general, confirmed that while Donald Trump was president, he said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had. Donald Trump said that because he does not want a military that is loyal to the United States Constitution; he wants a military that is loyal to him.”

According to Glenn, not only is this most likely completely made up, it’s a sign that “the wheels are coming off of [Harris’] campaign at record speed.”

Glenn lists the reasons we shouldn’t buy in to this latest ploy to smear Donald Trump.

Number one, John Kelly “has a bone with Donald Trump” because Trump fired him.

Number two, the timing is suspicious.

Kelly “has just now – a week and a half before this election – decided to come out with this statement,” despite it happening years ago.

“Believable? No,” says Glenn.

Number three, if what Kelly alleges “actually happened, Kelly is discrediting himself” because the United States is “one of the only countries that insists on loyalty to the Constitution” and not the president.

“If that had happened, he should have gone in front of the American people immediately, but he didn’t,” says Glenn.

Number four, “there’s no corroborating evidence of this.”

What there is evidence of, however, is that the military was “sabotaging [Trump]” during his term.

Trump “would say, ‘we’re going this way with our foreign policy,’ and the State Department and generals in the Pentagon were sabotaging that. They were calling our allies and our foes and saying, ‘Don’t worry about it,”’ Glenn recalls.

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First went the Los Angeles Times, then the Washington Post. They wouldn’t be making a presidential endorsement this election. The Times’ owner made the decision over the objections of the editorial board. The Post’s publisher delivered the decision, reportedly over the objections of the whole staff.

The brouhaha exposes a lot: first, just how incredibly out of touch these people are; and second, what’s coming if Vice President Kamala Harris loses in eight days.

Reporters and writers are as committed as ever — and willing to leak on their bosses, attack their publications, and resign for their cause.

Let’s start with the self-awareness — a quality notable lacking in American media. And we can begin that with a look at the victims here. Can you imagine, for a moment, those poor people who won’t know how to vote now? Who might not know what the L.A. Times editorial staff thought about former President Donald Trump? I mean, we know one of their number was so traumatized because a Trump-supporting neighbor plowed her driveway for free that she wrote a whole column on her moral conundrum, but that wasn’t explicit enough for us.

Former WaPo executive editor Marty Baron said it best, calling the paper’s decision not to endorse “cowardice” and “a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty.”

The whole thing is preposterous. It’s unlikely that anyone outside the newspaper staffs themselves even noticed the papers hadn’t made their endorsements before they announced they would not be making any. If the last eight years have exposed anything, though, it’s the American media’s incredibly propensity to make it about themselves. When Trump first won, their time spent wondering why their countrymen chose him over Her was fleeting at best. Instead, they switched gears to what they had done wrong and how they had made it all happen. Even their introspection is just thinly disguised self-regard.

Since those heady days, it’s only gotten worse. World War II fantasies play out in their heads, starring them as the romanticized heroes of Le Resistance. They may wear COVID masks instead of balaclavas, and in reality, they might be the team that turns local priests over to the authorities for wrongthink, but in their heads they are fighting Adolf Hitler reincarnate.

The childish fantasies don’t end there, however. These folks think they’re needed. The internal freakouts at the L.A. Times and Washington Post led to public resignations. Raise your hand if you think any publisher wants an unemployed L.A. Times editorial writer who publicly criticized her paper and its publisher. Any takers? Anyone?

Sure, they were the toast of the childless cat ladies at last weekend’s dinner party, but glory is fleeting — vainglory, more so. The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin encapsulates the true Democrat appreciation of the sacrifice perfectly: She cheered on the resignations at the L.A. Times, even wondering why there weren’t more. Then, when her own paper followed suit the next day, she stayed put. Even when Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan left and did his little weekend media tour all about it, she held on to her job. Maybe she’ll resign yet, but chicken hawks rarely change their feathers.

If any of these people had learned a thing these past eight years, it should have been that it is not our role to tell people what to think. Americans don’t like it, and when we decide to ignore that and tell them what to think anyway, they don’t listen. In 2015 we didn’t know that. The American press still believed it enjoyed the prestige and influence it had inherited. In 2024, there’s no excuse for not knowing it.

The first clear sign was National Review, a then-60-year-old magazine that, through the omnipresent efforts of its founder and longtime editor William F. Buckley, Jr., had been the mighty flagship of conservative media, deciding the contours and specifics of who was acceptable and who would be exiled. Buckley’s successors believed they still possessed his authority, and as Trump’s eventual nomination loomed ever more likely, they decided a demonstration of that authority was in order.

The big purple and gold issue “Against Trump” featured a dozen of the top names in conservative media. The authors, publishers, and assorted luminaries may have imagined themselves a glorious cavalry charging the enemy to the cheers of the peasantry. Instead, they were revealed to be modern Don Quixotes: impotent and more than a little silly.

The full might of a once-mighty magazine was concentrated and fired … and had no effect. The episode served as an object lesson on modern realities to anyone paying attention. Many of the men and women featured on the cover would come to recognize this and learn from it. Few in corporate left-wing media joined them.

While this industry-wide effort was successful in hobbling his first administration, it’s done little to hinder Trump’s long-term success — and much to squander the remaining credibility the press still enjoyed. Even as reporters upped their rhetoric, committing more and more fully to their new roles resisting Trump, his popularity continued to climb. Today, after nearly a decade of virtually universal negative coverage, his approval rating sits as high as it’s ever sat. Still, Democratic journalists remain blind to their limits.

This story of the media’s collapse, however, isn’t over — and last week’s episodes give us a good glimpse of what will come if the 45th president returns to office. Even while owners and publishers are growing sick of their reporters’ and writers’ unending tantrums, the reporters and writers themselves are as committed as ever — and willing to leak on their bosses, attack their publications, and resign for their cause.

If in eight days Donald J. Trump overcomes being impeached, unelected, legally persecuted, relentlessly smeared, nearly assassinated (twice!), and massively outspent to win the 2024 presidential election, there won’t be any introspection in the ranks of Democrat media. There will be civil war.

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The fire rises: The New York Times: In a first among Christians, young men are more religious than young women

Christianity is under threat from within. Decades of “feminized sentimentality” had driven young men away, and study after study shows children are more likely to be religious if their fathers practiced the faith than if the source of religion is their mother. The recognition of this and the work to return to more traditional roots have begun to change things. It’s on display in my home parish, as well as those I visit. It’s on display across the country, too. Ruth Graham reports:

The dynamics at Grace are a dramatic example of an emerging truth: For the first time in modern American history, young men are now more religious than their female peers. They attend services more often and are more likely to identify as religious.

“We’ve never seen it before,” Ryan Burge, an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, said of the flip.

Among Generation Z Christians, this dynamic is playing out in a stark way: The men are staying in church, while the women are leaving at a remarkable clip.

… Young men have different concerns. They are less educated than their female peers. In major cities, including New York and Washington, they earn less.

At the same time, they place a higher value on traditional family life. Childless young men are likelier than childless young women to say they want to become parents someday, by a margin of 12 percentage points, according to a survey last year by Pew. The young men at Grace and Hope churches “are looking for leadership, they’re looking for clarity, they’re looking for meaning,” said Bracken Arnhart, a Hope Church pastor.

He added, “There are guys that are just hungry.”

This growing gender divide has the potential to reshape the landscape of not just religion, but also of family life and politics. In a Times/Siena poll of six swing states in August, young men favored former President Donald J. Trump by 13 points, while young women favored Vice President Kamala Harris by 38 points — a 51-point gap far larger than in other generational cohorts.

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A woman stopped her car near Indianapolis police officers Sunday afternoon, exited the car, and told officers a male in the car had been holding her at gunpoint, the Indianapolis Star reported.

With that, police said the suspect in the car pointed a gun at officers, and one officer shot the suspect, the paper said.

‘If anybody here, or out watching, has a solution to prevent what happened here today, I’m all ears. There’s no way in my mind this could have been prevented other than the person not forcefully taking and kidnapping a woman, forcing her to drive around while a gun was pointed to her head.’

Kendale Adams, deputy chief of criminal investigations, told the Star the incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Kealing Ave. between 10th and 11th Streets.

Citing preliminary information, the paper said officers were conducting an unrelated theft investigation when an uninvolved vehicle suddenly stopped near them.

Adams said the woman exited the car and told officers she was being held at gunpoint by a male inside the vehicle whom she did not know, the paper said.

An officer at the scene loudly told the male to put his hands up, but the male pointed a handgun toward nearby officers and at least one uninvolved citizen, Adams explained to the paper.

One officer fired his gun, striking the male at least once, before using a taser in an attempt to subdue him, the paper said.

Police ordered the male to drop the gun, but “the suspect was still holding the firearm. Officers then took the firearm out of the suspect’s hand and pulled the suspect out of the car,” Adams added to the Star.

Police said the male received first aid at the scene and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the paper said, adding that Adams said he was still critical late Sunday but stable.

Adams also told the Star that the woman recalled seeing officers at the location where she stopped her vehicle, which is why she drove the car there and “alerted the officers to the situation.”

The paper said the officer who fired his gun has been placed on administrative leave, per department policy, and internal affairs is investigating. Adams also told the Star that the Civilian Use of Force Review Board will conduct a hearing after the criminal process.

More from the paper:

The shooting comes at a time when IMPD is seeking solutions to reduce the number of officer-involved shootings in Indianapolis after seeing a spike last year. In April, the department announced that the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Policing Institute would review shootings by Indianapolis police officers. There were 17 shootings that year. IMPD Chief Chris Bailey, though, said the North Kealing Avenue incident is “pretty cut and dry.”

“Our officers were here on a thief report and violence came to them,” Bailey told the Star. “They weren’t making a traffic stop. They weren’t serving a search warrant. They were here trying to help another community member.”

Bailey also told the paper, “If anybody here, or out watching, has a solution to prevent what happened here today, I’m all ears. There’s no way in my mind this could have been prevented other than the person not forcefully taking and kidnapping a woman, forcing her to drive around while a gun was pointed to her head.”

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San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich went on a tirade over former President Donald Trump, calling him a “bully” who has been “racist” in the past. The coach appeared flabbergasted as to why voters would support Trump given his alleged business failures.

During a pre-game press conference over the weekend, Popovich went on a lengthy rant about Trump, continuously expressing his confusion over Trump’s support among young voters.

“One question about the U.S. election,” a reporter prompted. “What do you think about [the election], and do you think it’s important for the future and the democracy of the USA?”

“Probably,” the coach responded, as some laughed. “Do you want me to speak for an hour?”

Popovich wasn’t kidding. The coach started with vague criticisms about the 45th president, asking rhetorically why people vote for him.

“We all know one candidate did this, that, and the other. None of it very good, as far as being a criminal and that sort of thing,” Popovich began. “I try to figure out exactly why do people vote for him, what do they exactly think he’s going to do for them.”

Popovich went on to ask whether college students who support Trump know that he “had to pay money because of his rent practices in New York” and that Trump was “racist in that sense.”

“They must think he’s a strong guy, but this is the biggest whiner that ever walked the face of the Earth.”

The coach was referring to a recent rally in Pennsylvania when the University of Pennsylvania men’s wrestling team appeared on stage with Trump and threw their support behind him.

‘If you had a small business you wouldn’t hire him — do you want that man in your business?!’

Popovich then ranted about how Trump is a sore loser who typically talks about his losses and isn’t humble about his wins. At the same time, however, the coach rattled off failed ventures by the former president and painted him as a consummate failure, calling him a “fraud” and a “bully.”

“He’s a pathetic individual, a small, small man who has to make everybody around him smaller,” Popovich continued. “I don’t understand what’s going on in their heads,” he said again of the students who support Trump.

In a seemingly endless barrage of insults, the five-time NBA champion called the candidate “pathetic” while once again attacking his business prowess.

“He’s pathetic, he’s small, you wouldn’t have him babysit your kids. If you had a small business, you wouldn’t hire him — do you want that man in your business?! There’s no way! But you’re going to vote for him for president?!”

The 75-year-old added that “Kamala Harris whipped his ass” in the presidential debate last month and that Trump has been “running” ever since.

He also pointed to Republicans such as Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham as “older white men” who know Trump is “an ass.”

Popovich added that the election of Trump would cause Americans to “lose freedom.”

Popovich versus America

The Indiana native has been criticizing Trump for nearly a decade now, having called him “cowardly” and “impotent” in past remarks. However, his political statements have been far reaching in terms of criticizing staples of American history and legislation.

In February 2018, Popovich said the United States is “a racist country,” but the citizenry hasn’t “figured it out yet.”

That March, he questioned the usefulness of the Second Amendment and asked if it “serves its purpose the way it was supposed to” when it was first introduced.

In November 2018, Popovich endorsed failed Democrat candidate Robert O’Rourke, saying he “cares about all the people.”

At the same time, he called Republican Ted Cruz’s campaign “scary.”

“To do what Mr. Cruz has done to try to get elected is very scary,” Popovich said, without being specific.

In 2020, Popovich said he was “embarrassed as a white person” over the death of career criminal and drug addict George Floyd, while in 2021 he said that celebrating Columbus Day was akin to celebrating Hitler.

“You know, it’s like saying we should be proud of Hitler because we’re German. I mean, it makes no sense. It’s about Columbus. It’s not about Italian Americans. And so there are a lot of states that have come out and scratched the Columbus Day and made it Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”

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Nearly all of the suspects arrested in Florida for looting in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton were illegal immigrants, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office announced over the weekend.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri stated, “Between October 2nd and October 23rd, just in the last 21 days, we’ve arrested 45 people in the Pinellas beach communities on 68 different charges, including armed robbery, burglary, loitering and prowling, grand theft, vandalism, and trespass.”

‘Tough times for everybody.’

“Of the 45 burglars and thieves that we’ve arrested, only two were from Pinellas County,” Gualtieri continued. “The rest came here from out of the area to steal from our residents and businesses.”

Gualtieri noted that 41 of the 45 arrested individuals were illegal aliens from Mexico, Cuba, Columbia, Honduras, Venezuela, and other countries.

The sheriff’s office had contact with another 196 individuals who were caught in the beach neighborhoods under suspicious circumstances and questioned by law enforcement but ultimately released due to lack of probable cause. Of those individuals, 163 were illegal aliens, the department stated.

“They’re going into people’s homes, they’re taking stuff, they’re rummaging through their things,” Gualtieri explained. “This is the epitome of people trying to exploit others when they’re down and when they’re out, and they’re trying to rebuild, and they’ve got nothing.”

Bill Karns, the owner of Saltwater Hippie Beach Bar, told WTSP that he witnessed people trying to loot local businesses, including his own. He noted that the suspects were caught.

“Tough times for everybody, but we can’t have people coming in and taking advantage of our residents,” Karns stated.

Another 58 people were charged with scamming Florida hurricane victims out of $250 million for repairs that they never performed. The suspects offered to complete over 75 projects, including plumbing, roofing, and electrical work.

“People offering to do work on their property, but, in some cases, have no intention of doing the work. In other cases, are unqualified to do the work and, in all of these cases, are unlicensed to do the work,” Gualtieri said.

Nearly all of the arrested individuals had extensive criminal records, Gualtieri stated.

An additional 80 officers were deployed to the hurricane-impacted areas.

“A lot of these people were in the area to take others’ properties, and our efforts prevented additional crimes from occurring,” Gualtieri said. “As the Pinellas beaches recover, we’re gonna continue these patrols and arrest everyone we can who is stealing from the vulnerable of two back-to-back storms that have devastated our community.”

Many of the businesses in Madeira Beach remain closed, and some are still boarded up following the hurricanes, WTVT reported.

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A Utah mother is accused of instructing her young daughters to cover up their stepfather’s alleged sexual assaults against them.

Randi Heather Norris was arrested around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to Utah County Jail records. Norris, 39, faces charges of tampering with a witness, child abuse with injury — intentional or knowing, and obstruction of justice.

‘Sexually abusing three of her daughters, all of which were age 13 or younger at the time of the abuse.’

The Springville Police Department said they received a report from the Division of Child and Family Services of reported child sexual abuse.

KTVX-TV reported that law enforcement interviewed the alleged victim, who reported several incidents of child sexual abuse by her stepfather – 39-year-old Jason Wong. She allegedly told police she informed her mother — Norris — about the sexual abuse.

“The victim stated that [Norris’] response was that it was up to the victim to decide if she wanted to report it, but that if she did they would be ‘financially screwed.’ The victim also disclosed overhearing Randi and Jason tell her younger sibling to lie to the police about the sexual abuse that was happening to her for the same reason,” the affidavit of probable cause read.

Investigators reportedly interviewed Norris, who told police that she knew Wong was “sexually abusing three of her daughters, all of which were age 13 or younger at the time of the abuse.”

In April, Norris’ 11-year-old daughter reported a separate incident of sexual abuse by Wong, and while she gave some details, she later said none of the allegations happened.

“Investigators learned the victim did this after being instructed to do so by Randi and Jason,” the probable cause statement stated.

Norris and Wong allegedly began a romantic relationship in November 2014.

The Daily Mail reported that the couple are both employed at Smith’s Food and Drug Stores in Springville. Norris reportedly is a cashier, and Wong is a dairy manager.

The Daily Mail said Springville police did not provide a comment to the outlet.

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While it shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone that Bill Gates is on the Democrat team, what is shocking is just how much he’s donated to the party’s powerful machine.

In a recent report from the New York Times, it was revealed that Gates is using a nonprofit organization to donate $50 million to Kamala Harris.

“As you know, individuals aren’t allowed to donate that much, so he’s using this little shell nonprofit to give Kamala Harris $50 million,” Liz Wheeler of “The Liz Wheeler Show” comments.

However, Wheeler doesn’t believe it’s simply because Gates is a fan of Kamala.

“I wonder why? Bill Gates has a lot to hide, doesn’t he? He certainly doesn’t want RFK Jr. to be part of the Trump administration, to expose his collusion with the CDC and the FDA,” Wheeler says.

“He certainly doesn’t want Trump to expose the Epstein list, which Trump has promised to do, and he definitely doesn’t want Trump to be as based as Trump has been about fighting against — or actually JD Vance has been the real based one fighting against the bogus climate agenda,” she continues.

“And so, Bill Gates is giving $50 million to Kamala Harris because he is a frightened little coward who knows that the days that the truth is hidden are numbered,” she adds.

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Progress Action Fund, a leftist political action committee backed by LinkedIn co-founder and Microsoft board member Reid Hoffman, joined the Democratic group Defend the Vote in pushing another attack ad in swing states last week. While the ad seeks to vilify Republican lawmakers, it ostensibly does a better job of undermining Democrats, insinuating that theirs is the party for porn-addicted onanists.

The PAF’s 30-second ad, titled “Republicans Rubbing You The Wrong Way,” shows a man pleasuring himself while unblinkingly watching pornography on his phone. A character wearing a suit and red tie, identified as a Republican congressman, interrupts the solitary engagement and notifies the masturbator, “Now that we’re in charge, we’re banning porn nationwide.”

“You can’t tell me what to do!” says the masturbator. “Get out of my bedroom, you creep!”

“I won the last election, so it’s my decision. I’m just going to watch and make sure you don’t finish illegally,” the Republican character adds, referring to self-gratification.

The PAF indicated that the ad is part of a $2.5 million ad buy and will run on TVs, streaming services, and online platforms in all seven swing states. The PAC notes on its site that it is running ads “in states Vice President Harris must win that also have competitive House & Senate races.”

The Hill reported that the ad is targeted toward young men who are abandoning the Democratic Party in droves and increasingly signaling support for President Donald Trump. The apparent hope is that it would reinforce the efforts of the Harris campaign, which is presently trying to drum up support among the disenchanted demographic with ads on sports-betting platforms and on gaming sites, as well as with the promise of nationally legalized marijuana.

‘”Incels for Kamala” isn’t a campaign strategy I saw coming.’

Nick Knudsen, executive director of the Democrat-aligned activist outfit DemCast USA, noted on X, “Just found out this ad when tested moves under-30-men 3.5 points away from Donald Trump. That’s MASSIVE! Please share widely.”

Knudsen noted further, “They’re running it with a massive ad buy in PA.”

Joe Jacobson, founder of PAF, said in a statement, “As a 30-year-old guy myself, the GOP’s insistence on legislating our personal lives and decisions is disturbing and unacceptable. That is why we’re working to ensure everyone knows that the G.O.P really stands for ‘Grand Old Perverts.'”

The threat of a nationwide porn ban contained within Jacobson’s ad is pure fantasy, reliant upon a politically expedient distortion of Republican child-protection initiatives across the country.

Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Virginia are among the states that have passed laws requiring that porn websites verify users’ ages in an effort to protect children from pornography — especially from the violent varieties on foreign-based sites such as Pornhub, whose parent company was recently accused of profiting from child sex abuse and admitted last year to receiving proceeds from sex trafficking.

Lawmakers have argued that it’s in the interest of public health to implement such protections for American children.

A 2023 Israeli study published in the scientific journal Body Image indicated a link between pornography consumption and negative body image as well as with increased severity of eating disorder symptoms.

A February 2022 study published in the journal Psychological Medicine found that porn is “associated with the erosion of the quality of men’s sex lives” and “associated with lower levels of sexual self-competence, impaired sexual functioning, and decreased partner-reported sexual satisfaction,” as Blaze News previously reported.

The Australian government found that pornography consumption by young people has served to “normalise sexual violence and contribute to unrealistic understandings of sex and sexuality.”

A 2014 study indicated that watching porn actually could shrink a part of the brain linked to pleasure.

Pornhub, not Republican lawmakers, decided to block access to its content in various states rather than protect children from these devastating consequences. PAF appears keen to gloss over the difference in hopes of helping Democrats in states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Conservative commentator Todd Starnes tweeted, “Democrats are running ads in swing states promoting pornography. Their closing argument to voters is that Kamala Harris and Democrats are pro-abortion, pro-porn and Trump is Hitler.”

One user noted, “‘Incels for Kamala!’ isn’t a campaign strategy I saw coming, but I guess nothing surprises me anymore.”

Libby Emmons, the Post Millennial’s editor in chief, noted, “Young men deserve more.”

All-American swim star Riley Gaines tweeted, “Do you need more proof these people are sick and deranged?”

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Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe is not going to apologize.

Hinchcliffe became the subject of social media backlash on Sunday after making a joke about Puerto Rico at Donald Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden.

‘These people have no sense of humor. Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his “busy schedule” to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist.’

“There’s a lot going on. Like, I don’t know if you know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” Hinchcliffe said.

As a comedian, Hinchcliffe’s job is to write and tell jokes. He is famous for his joke writing, and he went viral earlier this year for his set of jokes at the Tom Brady roast. To be fair, the Puerto Rico joke bombed at the rally, but as a comedian, Hinchcliffe is no stranger to some jokes not performing well. Comedians refine their jokes over time, using audience feedback — good or bad — to improve them.

Democrats, who compared Trump’s rally to a Nazi gathering, lost their minds over the joke, claiming it is evidence that Trump and his supporters are racist.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, for example, tried to spin Hinchcliffe’s joke as reality.

Specifically, Ocasio-Cortez claimed “that’s what they think about you,” meaning she claimed that Hinchcliffe’s joke demonstrates that Trump, his supporters, and Republicans believe that Americans are literal pieces of garbage. That is, of course, not true; Hinchcliffe’s joke was a joke.

But Hinchcliffe, who is no stranger to outrage mobs, made it clear he is not going to apologize, responding directly to Walz and Ocasio-Cortez.

“These people have no sense of humor. Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his ‘busy schedule’ to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist. I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone…watch the whole set,” Hinchcliffe said late Sunday.

“I’m a comedian Tim,” he added, “might be time to change your tampon.”

— (@)

Meanwhile, Puerto Ricans who attended Trump’s rally at MSG said Hinchcliffe’s joke did not offend them.

“We like jokes,” one Puerto Rican woman said.

“We do, and we understand the importance of a comedian having the freedom to push the envelope because that’s always been what has separated comedians from ‘everyday’ folks, right? They can push the envelope to make you laugh or make you think or challenge you,” another Puerto Rican woman said.

The first woman added, “Obviously, we’re proud Puerto Ricans, I will say that it is not a little floating pile of trash … it’s OK to have different opinions. That’s what makes America great.”

“We’re not offended,” the first woman went on to say.

Other Puerto Ricans were asked outside MSG if they “even give a f*** about” Hinchcliffe’s joke, and they made it clear they do not and agreed they are members of “Puerto Ricans for Trump.”

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San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa showed his support for Donald Trump after a victory by crashing his teammates’ postgame interview with a “Make America Great Again” hat.

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

As Stark was asking star quarterback Brock Purdy about “what was said” in the locker room during halftime, Bosa approached the two from behind wearing a white hat with the MAGA message written in gold letters.

“Hey,” Stark said to Bosa, ready to hear him out.

With no words, Bosa simply pointed to his hat and ran off-screen.

“All right! Nick Bosa with a message there!” Stark said awkwardly as tight end George Kittle could be heard laughing.

Rumors circulated online that NBC had censored the interaction in subsequent social media posts; however, an official post by the network the morning after the game appeared unedited and included the interaction.

‘I think it’s an important time.’

At a postgame press conference, Bosa was asked about his show of support for the Republican candidate.

“It appeared to be a political statement,” a reporter said to the 27-year-old.

Keeping his comments short, Bosa said, “I’m not gonna talk too much about it, but I think it’s an important time.”

With Trump holding a massive, star-studded rally at Madison Square Garden the same weekend, Bosa wasn’t the only football player to put his politics in the spotlight on the field.

In college football, Texas Tech placekicker Reese Burkhardt also used clothing to get his message across.

Down by 11 points to TCU, Burkhardt ran a fake field goal for a five-yard touchdown.

During his celebration, the kicker pulled up his jersey to reveal a white shirt with “Trump ’24 MAGA” written on it, showing it off to the crowd of fans from two Texas universities.

Unfortunately for the kicker, TCU pulled off a 17-point comeback to edge out Texas Tech 35-34.

Reese Burkhardt of Texas Tech scores on a fake field goal against TCU.Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images

As for Bosa, he has been a vocal Trump supporter and was seen interacting with the former president at UFC 299 earlier this year. Bosa and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow were shown shaking hands and embracing the politician before the main event in Miami.

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Amid political division and societal unrest, the faith community must be a beacon of hope and unity. The National Faith Advisory Board recognizes the vital role of faith leaders, especially pastors, in shaping the nation’s moral and ethical fabric. Through today’s inaugural National Faith Summit and its commitment to empowering pastors, the NFAB aims to unite and mobilize the faith community to speak with one strong voice in the political arena.

Recent studies reveal a concerning trend: 104 million people of faith, including a significant number of Christian churchgoers, are likely to abstain from voting in the upcoming election. This apathy is not insurmountable, however, and the voice of the faithful need not be lost. Research shows that millions of these individuals would be motivated to vote if their pastors encouraged them. This underscores the immense influence that pastors wield and the potential they have to sway the course of the election — and therefore lead America back to righteousness.

Now is the time for pastors to stand boldly where faith intersects with civic responsibility, leading congregations from the pulpit to the polls.

Dr. George Barna, director of research at Arizona Christian University, sums it up well:

Pastors often seek opportunities to have a positive influence in people’s lives and upon the culture and to help the community in which their church is located. This research underscores the fact that simply encouraging people to vote in order to fulfill their biblical responsibility would not only be seen as doing their job while helping the community, but an estimated 5 million regular churchgoers would be likely to vote as a result of that simple exhortation.

Pastors, as spiritual leaders, can bridge faith and civic duty by addressing policy issues through moral and ethical perspectives. This guidance helps congregations make decisions rooted in biblical values. The NFAB supports over 32,000 faith leaders, equipping pastors with resources to engage their congregations on critical issues.

Now is the time for pastors to stand boldly where faith intersects with civic responsibility, leading congregations from the pulpit to the polls. With a strong moral foundation, pastors can inspire believers to make choices that honor God’s Word and transform the nation. The National Faith Advisory Board provides over 32,000 faith leaders with the tools to rally congregations on the issues that matter most.

The National Faith Summit in Atlanta, hosted by the NFAB, will gather more than 1,000 pastors committed to defending life, promoting national strength, upholding family values, and protecting religious freedom. President Donald J. Trump will also attend, emphasizing the faith community’s role in shaping the nation’s future and reflecting on his administration’s collaboration with the church.

The Pastor’s Bill of Rights, a key component of the NFAB’s platform, will be shared with faith leaders at the summit. Many pastors feel apprehensive or fearful about discussing policy from the pulpit, so we aim to empower them by reminding them of their fundamental freedoms and protections. These rights include freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom from discrimination, and protection from unwarranted government intrusion. By advocating these rights, the NFAB ensures that pastors can exercise their faith and guide their congregations without fear of persecution.

As our nation faces mounting challenges, the faith community stands as the last line of defense — a powerful force ready to change history. United under shared values and unwavering biblical truth, we hold the strength to make a profound, lasting impact on America’s soul. The National Faith Summit marks a defining moment — a call to action empowering thousands to restore and protect our beloved nation. Now is the time to rise together, to draw strength from unity, and to launch a movement that will preserve America for generations to come.

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