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Baltimore police said a suspect in a viral video showing a Ravens’ fan brutally beating two rival fans has turned himself in after an online campaign to bring him to justice.

The video showed a man in a Ravens jersey march up to two men wearing Washington Commanders’ jerseys and assault them in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack.

‘Charging documents said that Callis had been captured on surveillance video assaulting one of the men before the events of the viral video.’

Social media users were outraged by the video and went to work to try to identify the man in order to bring him to justice. Some claimed to have identified his place of work and pressured the insurance company until it announced that it had fired the suspect.

Then, on Friday, Baltimore police said they had issued a warrant for 24-year-old John Callis.

On Monday, Callis surrendered to Baltimore Police’s Southern District station after coming to an agreement with police, according to his attorney.

Charging documents said that Callis had been captured on surveillance video assaulting one of the men before the events of the viral video. He allegedly punched one man, leading the other to defend the victim before being assaulted himself. A third man in a Commanders jersey intervened in the fight, as well as a woman, according to police. When they separated, the woman stayed with Callis while the three victims fled.

The men who were assaulted told police that they had returned to the area in order to look for a lost cell phone when Callis attacked them again, as seen in the viral video.

Police said that one of the men suffered a concussion as well several bodily bruises while the other two suffered only minor injuries.

Callis had previously been arrested for beating up a man in 2021 and was given probation and a fine for that incident.

A news report from WTTG-TV showed Callis in police shackles, which can be viewed on YouTube.

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Although The Hill certainly can’t be accused of being in Donald Trump’s corner and, as far as I can tell, has leaned left throughout this presidential campaign, its reporters lost no time telling us that Kamala Harris messed up her interview with Bret Baier on Fox News. The Hill’s description of the interview used the word “disaster” several times to underscore the truly appalling character of Harris’ clumsy attempts to grapple with Baier’s questioning.

Contrary to the totally dishonest defense that the vice president received in much of the corporate left-wing media, The Hill further explained that American media was responsible for Kamala’s interview catastrophe.

If Baier seemed to be interrupting Harris repeatedly, he had every reason to do so. She was filibustering.

The legacy media, according to The Hill, never bothered to give our vice president any serious questions. The media avoided asking her those obvious things that Baier brought up in the narrow 20-minute interview that Kamala’s handlers granted him. For example, when exactly did she learn that the president under whom she was serving was afflicted with senile dementia? For years, Harris never let on that she grasped that glaringly obvious reality. She went on praising Joe Biden’s mental acumen, up until the moment Democratic kingmakers installed her as their presidential nominee. The friendly media should have been asking Kamala about why she hid Biden’s frailty. If the media had done its job, she might have had a reasonable response to Baier’s query.

The interview for me raised another question: Why would Kamala’s handlers have permitted her to undergo the ordeal of an unscripted interview?

Their candidate had been running neck-and-neck with and possibly slightly ahead of Trump for about two months, and it might have been possible to run out the clock without exposing Harris to a systematic grilling courtesy of a relentlessly thorough interviewer. By now it’s clear that she doesn’t think fast on her feet; and she’s already “unburdened herself” of multiple, embarrassing word salads when responding to effusively friendly talk show hosts. It might have been best, her advisers should have reasoned, not to put her into a demanding situation that was above her pay grade. (I think we can all agree with Trump that this lady is not very smart.)

The one time Harris apparently ventured out beyond tightly controlled situations was during her debate with Trump in September. But even then, she had been allowed to rattle off memorized lines, mostly depicting her opponent as a fascist ogre. And this debate took place under the aegis of biased moderators, who acted as if they were Kamala’s loving babysitters.

I suspect her handlers agreed to that short interview with Baier because they thought it would be a win-win situation. Her appearance on Fox News would create the impression that she was reaching out to Republicans, just as Trump went into strongly blue areas to appeal to possible voters there. Presumably at least some Fox viewers — anti-Trump Republicans — could be won over to vote blue. Since the time permitted for that interview kept getting whittled down, from half an hour to about 20 minutes, Kamala would not be exposing herself to the unknown for very long.

Her handlers further assumed that Kamala could get by during the abbreviated interview by rehashing the anti-Trump rhetoric that she had dutifully recited for the debate. Please note that the most animated responses that she gave to Baier’s questions were restatements of what she had unleashed against Trump. She, therefore, went back to the same invectives even if they didn’t relate to the questions Baier asked during the interview. If Baier seemed to be interrupting her repeatedly, he had every reason to do so. Harris was filibustering. Instead, she launched into anti-Trump rants as the questioning proceeded, and that made the interview difficult to conduct.

Perhaps the major factor that got Harris and her team to accept the interview was the choice of the interviewer. Although a celebrity on a Republican-leaning channel, Baier is not known to bear any affection for Donald Trump. He has never held back from going after Trump’s claim to have won the 2020 presidential race. He also plays up “bigly” his mediating role in seeking “common ground” with Democrats.

If I were a Democrat deciding to be interviewed on a Republican channel, I would have been truly delighted if Baier were the one asking the questions. What happened, however, was not at all what Harris expected. Baier came out, entirely to his credit, asking tough, well-phrased questions and tried to keep his interviewee from segueing into her anti-Trump invective. That and being for nationwide unrestricted abortion rights for women continue to be Kamala’s only talking points, when she’s not belaboring her listener with unintelligible word salads.

Quite predictably, the leftist media went after Baier for not doing what was expected of him, which was helping to get Harris elected. But Baier wouldn’t release his quarry, a decision for which he should be commended.

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A 14-year-old boy punched a drug-pushing male in the head after the male lunged at the teen last month in Pueblo, Colorado.

With that, the male fell and hit his head on the street — and died weeks later. Pueblo police said they believe the teen was acting in self-defense, KOAA-TV reported.

The station said the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office will release the identity of the male in question at a later time.

Around 5 p.m. Sept. 27, police arrived in the 1100 block of York Street — which is located near the East 4th Street and Highway 50 interchange — and said the boy was providing aid to a male “experiencing homelessness,” the station reported.

Police told KOAA they learned the male approached the boy and asked him if he wanted to “smoke drugs.”

Police told the station the boy declined and tried to leave, but the male continued to try to talk to the boy.

With that, the male lunged at the boy, and the boy punched the male in the head, KOAA said.

Police said the male fell and hit his head on the street, the station reported, adding that he was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries Oct. 12.

Police told KOAA they believe the teenager acted in self-defense, and at the moment, no charges have been filed against the boy.

The station said the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office will release the identity of the male in question at a later time.

Police added to KOAA that they’re still investigating the case, and if you have any information about the incident to call Det. Shay at 719-553-2445. The station also said if you want to remain anonymous, you can call Pueblo Crime Stoppers at 719-542-7867.

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An economic collapse in the communist controlled economy of Cuba is straining its relations with communist China resulting in an unexpected report.

Cuba experienced a massive electrical blackout due to deteriorating infrastructure and damaging embargoes from the U.S., but rather than implement free market solutions, the communist government insists on failing with ideological purity.

‘The strained relationship is reflected in a precipitous drop of Chinese imports to Cuba, which went from $1.7 billion in 2017 to $1.1 billion.’

According to a report in the Financial Times, Chinese officials are exasperated with their Caribbean island compatriots. They cite economists and diplomats briefed in the situation between China and Cuba.

The sources said that China publicly supported Cuba’s vertically planned economy, but in private, Chinese officials have urged the island regime to follow the Chinese economic model with market-oriented elements.

The report said Chinese officials are “perplexed and frustrated” at Cuban leaders overlooking glaring disfunction in order to perpetuate the state-run economy.

The strained relationship is reflected in a precipitous drop of Chinese imports to Cuba, which went from $1.7 billion in 2017 to $1.1 billion only five years later.

Cuba is in its fourth day without power to about 10 million residents. Communist leaders blamed U.S. embargoes for the worsening power situation, but U.S. officials denied the accusations.

“The United States is not to blame for today’s blackout on the island, or the overall energy situation in Cuba,” said the spokesperson for the White House National Security Council.

Some Cuban residents have protested against the government’s failures by banging pots and pans while disrupting traffic.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel responded by warning that the government was “not going to allow acts of vandalism and much less alter the tranquility of our people.”

The situation is expected to deteriorate even more after Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Sunday in Cuba.

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One-third of the population of Tapachula, Mexico, is now made up of migrants who plan to cross the border.

Todd Bensman, a senior fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, explains that these 150,000 immigrants are trapped behind a militarized cordon of Mexican military operation, in order “to keep them from creating a political spectacle at our border.”

“This goes back to a deal that was done in December of 2023, in order to reduce the total numbers that were being seen crossing and driving the polls down. So 150,000 is an astronomical number that are hemmed up here in this enclave, this migrant kind of Gaza Strip, if you will,” he tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.”

The migrants in Tapachula “are in absolute torment,” as all the resources available to them have been used up.

“The people are sleeping on the streets, there’s no room in shelters, there’s no room in the hotels, and they just keep pile-driving in because they fear that Donald Trump is going to win,” Bensman says.

“There’s a real sense of urgency among the immigrants here, and they’ve started to form caravans to kind of force their way out of Tapachula, to escape Tapachula,” he continues. “There’s about another thousand or 2,000 forming up right now in downtown Tapachula to get ready to push on to another city down here, providing that the Mexican military will let them pass.”

These immigrants aren’t just from Mexico; they’re from all over the world.

“All of them just sort of keep coming with this hope that soon the Mexicans will relent and let them through. And that’s the big question: Will the Mexicans relent on the deal that they made with Biden at the time he was running for office?” Bensman asks.

Peterson is shocked.

“We’re old enough to remember, all of us here, when kids in cages were a terrible thing. Now, it’s hundreds of thousands of kids can go missing and it’s fine here. You have cities in cages,” he says.

“Not a single person is talking about this in legacy media. It’s insane,” he adds.

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Donald Trump may be a lot of things, but one thing that stands out from the rest is his unparalleled sense of humor.

The former president flexed his comedic muscle in a roast of the Democrats at the 2024 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City — and none of them were marked safe from his ire, especially Kamala Harris, who did not show up at the dinner, making it the first time since Walter Mondale that both presidential candidates have not been in attendance.

“Chuck Schumer is here, looking very glum,” Trump said. “He looks glum. But look on the bright side, Chuck. Considering how woke your party has become, if Kamala loses, you still have a chance to become the first woman president.”

Trump also went after Kamala’s supporters, specifically her very loud white male supporters.

“There’s a group called ‘White Dudes for Harris,’ have you seen this?” Trump asked the audience. “I’m not worried about them at all, because their wives and their wives’ lovers are all voting for me. Every one of those people are voting for me.”

But perhaps one of his best jokes of the night was pointed at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala’s VP pick.

“Unfortunately Governor Walz isn’t here himself, but don’t worry, he’s going to say that he was,” Trump said, to thunderous applause.

While there’s no doubt that many liberals were frustrated to see Trump put on such a great performance, others were able to laugh along — including CNN’s Brian Stelter, who said he was funny and “got a few great jokes in.”

“Trump is objectively funny,” Stu Burguiere of “Stu Does America” tells Glenn Beck on “The Glenn Beck Program.” “You should be able to admit it, and I give credit to Stelter for admitting it.”

“He is really funny,” Glenn agrees. “And he has no problem making fun of himself. Last night he said, ‘You know, they told me I should do some self-deprecating jokes, but I got nothing.’”

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on the Federal Election Commission to investigate evidence he uncovered of possible illegal foreign donations through ActBlue.

‘I am calling on the FEC to immediately begin rulemaking to secure our elections from any criminal actors exploiting these vulnerabilities.’

Paxton issued a statement about the results of his investigation into the Democratic donation portal on Monday.

“Our investigation into ActBlue has uncovered facts indicating that bad actors can illegally interfere in American elections by disguising political donations,” said Paxton. “It is imperative that the FEC close off the avenues we have identified by which foreign contributions or contributions in excess of legal limits could be unlawfully funneled to political campaigns, bypassing campaign finance regulations and compromising our electoral system.”

Paxton initiated his investigation into ActBlue in Dec. 2023, and the portal’s directors responded by adding another security measure to credit card users on the site. Paxton said that was not enough, however.

“I am calling on the FEC to immediately begin rulemaking to secure our elections from any criminal actors exploiting these vulnerabilities,” he added.

In July, independent investigators reported finding evidence of suspicious donations to ActBlue. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares opened an investigation and called on ActBlue to explain the alleged evidence that donations were “being made from fictional donors or dummy accounts, or that information reported by or through ActBlue may be fraudulent.”

ActBlue officials accused the AG of adding credibility to a “years-long disinformation and harassment” campaign against the portal.

“This investigation is nothing more than a partisan political attack and scare tactic to undermine the power of Democratic and progressive small-dollar donors,” the statement from ActBlue stated. “We welcome the opportunity to respond to these frivolous claims.”

The portal has also dumped several Political Action Committee organizations that were being accused of behaving like “Scam PACs” that promise to aid campaigns but instead spent lavishly to the benefit of organizers.

An ActBlue spokesperson said only that the PACs were jettisoned over their misuse of the information available on the portal.

The Harris-Walz campaign has reported raising over a billion dollars in campaign donations, dwarfing previous presidential successes.

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Another woke disaster is well in the works from the usual set of suspects in Quebec, Canada.

Unknown 9: Awakening was developed by Reflector Entertainment, which is backed by Japanese studio Bandai Namco. The iconic Japanese brand that brought audiences Pac-Man and Tekken will have some soul searching to do as its latest venture has immediately circled the drain.

After an October 18 release date, Unknown 9: Awakening has garnered a pitiful peak of 276 concurrent players on gaming platform Steam.

Industry and fan accounts have estimated the game’s budget to be somewhere between $80-$120 million based on studio size and similar projects, with some writers reporting an embarrassing performance at big box stores as well.

Some predicted the game’s failure from its onset once it was learned that video game consulting agency Sweet Baby Inc. was heavily involved in the project.

Sweet Baby Inc. has become synonymous with diversity-centric storylines, painfully adding unnecessary DEI and woke aspects into popular games such as Spider-Man 2 and God of War Ragnarok.

The company has accused critics of its political injections of being “far-right” antagonists and said it has been subject to “harassment” campaigns and “disinformation.”

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Industry website DEI Detected reported Sweet Baby Inc. founder Kim Belair was listed as the “story architect” for the new game.

Reflector’s brand content manager, David Bedard, is also in the credits. Gamers may recognize him as the co-founder of Sweet Baby Inc; therefore it should come as no surprise that the consulting agency was hired for the game.

‘I’m excited for people to hopefully feel empowered by this character.’

A stunning and brave endorsement

Actress Anya Chalotra, who stars in the Netflix series “The Witcher,” plays protagonist Haroona in the game. Ahead of the game’s release, Chalotra likely hammered the final nail in the coffin when she said the game was the most “diverse” she had ever seen.

“I’m excited for people to hopefully feel empowered by this character who is so, so grounded, so inspired by things that are outside of herself, bigger than her,” she told CG Magazine.

She added, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen that connection to—a game as diverse as this with that many voices and that kind of exploration.”

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Chalotra also connected the game to her Indian heritage, rhetorically asking, “Why wouldn’t I want to play this character?”

“That part of myself, the Indian heritage, that part of myself to this woman of Indian descent. But not only that, there’s a real sense of groundedness and authenticity that she has that I feel from my family, that I feel because of my family. I hope that’s what grounds her.”

All the authenticity and diversity couldn’t help Unknown 9: Awakening, as it flopped even faster than Sony’s Concord, which was pulled from shelves after just two weeks as fans mocked the game’s forced DEI aspects, which included robots with pronouns.

Developers may be able to relish in the fact they didn’t lose as much money as Warner Bros. Studios, however, as the company took a huge $200 million hit when fans scoffed at its game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

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A new wave of lawsuits have been initiated against Sean “Diddy” Combs, which include accusations that the hip-hop producer raped a 13-year-old girl with a fellow celebrity as a female star watched the alleged sex crime.

On Sunday, Houston-based attorney Tony Buzbee filed five new civil lawsuits against Combs in New York federal court under the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act. Buzbee had already filed six previous jury-seeking suits against the music mogul for alleged sex crimes.

The lawsuit claims that after the purported sexual assault, the alleged victim ‘fell into a deep depression which continues to affect every facet of her life.’

Buzbee told NBC News, “We will let the allegations in the filed complaints speak for themselves and will work to see that justice is done. We expect to be filing cases weekly naming Mr. Combs and others as defendants as we continue to gather evidence and prepare the filings.”

Buzbee said he is representing more than 120 individuals in civil lawsuits accusing Combs of sex crimes over the course of more than two decades. Buzzbee said the youngest alleged victim was only 9 years old when Diddy reportedly sexually assaulted him.

According to the latest lawsuit against Diddy, an alleged child sex crime occurred at an afterparty following the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000.

The alleged victim, now 37, claimed she was raped at the afterparty when she was only 13 years old. The alleged victim — identified as Jane Doe — claimed to have felt “woozy and lightheaded” after one drink at the party.

“Looking for a place to rest, plaintiff entered what she believed to be an empty bedroom so she could lie down for a moment,” the 19-page lawsuit stated, according to Deadline.

“Soon after, Combs, along with a male and female celebrity, entered the room,” the 19-page action says. “Combs aggressively approached plaintiff with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her, and said, ‘You are ready to party!’”

“Combs then threw plaintiff toward another male celebrity, Celebrity A, who removed plaintiff’s clothes as she grew more and more disoriented,” the lawsuit contends. “Plaintiff was held down by Celebrity A who vaginally raped her while Combs and Celebrity B, a female, watched.”

“After the male celebrity finished, Combs then vaginally raped plaintiff while the Celebrity A and Celebrity B watched,” the suit alleges. “Combs attempted to force plaintiff to perform oral sex on him, but she resisted by hitting Combs in the neck; he stopped.”

The lawsuit does not name the male and female celebrities.

The alleged victim said she left “the large white house with a gated U-shaped driveway” after the claimed sexual assault, and her father picked her up.

The lawsuit claims that after the purported sexual assault, the alleged victim “fell into a deep depression which continues to affect every facet of her life.”

Rolling Stone reported that another victim said he was 17 years old when Combs sexually abused him.

The alleged victim — an aspiring singer identified as John Doe — said he went to a penthouse hotel party in Manhattan in 2022. The alleged victim claimed Diddy offered him a drink and “assured Doe that he could make him a star.”

The alleged victim claimed he began to feel dizzy and confused.

He claims to have stumbled into a room where people were having group sex. The lawsuit claims Combs grabbed the alleged victim and “led him to the bed, forcing him to lie down on the bed against his will.”

“Combs grabbed Doe’s penis and genitals with his hand,” the lawsuit alleges. “Combs manipulated Does’ genitals for an extended period of time, trying to get him aroused.”

Another alleged victim claimed he was forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to attend a party at Combs’ Holmby Hills mansion following the 2022 BET Awards. The alleged victim claimed he was handed a cocktail and soon felt “disoriented, dizzy and weak.”

The lawsuit states that the alleged victim reportedly was escorted into a small room where nearly a dozen people were engaging in group sex. After “realizing his significant impairment,” Combs allegedly approached him and “removed his pants, and began performing non-consensual oral sex onto him,” the suit claims.

Rolling Stone reported that Diddy’s criminal defense team filed a motion with U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian on Sunday night, asking for a gag order that would prohibit “further extrajudicial statements from prospective witnesses and their lawyers that substantially interfere with Mr. Combs’s right to a fair trial.”

According to Page Six, Combs’ legal team said: “The press conference and 1-800 number that preceded today’s barrage of filings were clear attempts to garner publicity. Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone — adult or minor, man or woman.”

As Blaze News reported last month, Combs was arrested in New York City after the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged him with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate transportation for prostitution.

The indictment read: “Members and associates of the Combs Enterprise engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other activities, sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, coercion, and enticement to engage in prostitution, narcotics offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”

The indictment describes sex acts known as “freak offs,” in which Combs allegedly organized the transportation of sex workers across state lines and internationally — and often recorded them.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams previously said, “The freak offs sometimes lasted days at a time, involved multiple commercial sex workers, and often involved a variety of narcotics — such as ketamine, ecstasy, and GHB [gamma hydroxybutyrate] — which Combs distributed to the victims to keep them obedient and compliant.”

Diddy’s federal trial is expected to begin in May. Combs has pleaded not guilty.

If convicted, Combs faces a minimum of 15 years in prison and up to life.

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The leadership at McDonald’s gave a statement to its employees after former President Donald Trump hosted a campaign event for supporters at a local franchise in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Noting that Trump’s visit does not mean it is endorsing a candidate, the company appreciates Trump being a longtime fan for many years.

As McDonald’s noted, it does not have records to back up Harris’ claim she had worked at a location as an early job.

“We are not red or blue — we are golden. Though we are not a political brand, we’ve been proud to hear former President Trump’s love for McDonald’s and Vice President Harris’s fond memories working under the Arches. While we and our franchisees don’t have records for all positions dating back to the ’80s, what makes ‘1 in 8’ so powerful is the shared experience so many Americans have had,” the statement said.

“Upon learning of the former President’s request, we approached it through the lens of one of our core values: we open our doors to everyone. It’s with that same approach that franchisees have invited Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz to their restaurants, in order to share how McDonald’s provides meaningful pathways to economic opportunity and feeds and fosters local communities,” the company explained. “The strength of our brand comes down to our people.”

As McDonald’s noted, it does not have records to back up Harris’ claim she worked at a location as an early job. The New York Times labeled Trump’s statements saying she never worked there as “false” but have mainly relied on a statement from the Harris campaign that offers no further proof. The Times was able to find a close friend who says Harris’ mother told her about the supposed McDonald’s job.

For his part, Trump joked he has now worked at McDonald’s longer than Harris ever had. Memes about Trump’s visit flooded social media, even overshadowing that Sunday was Harris’ birthday.

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The prospect of greater transparency and restored parental involvement in children’s education appears to have panicked a gang of teachers from California’s Newport-Mesa Unified School District.

Parental rights advocates emphasized to Blaze News that this desperation is yet another signal the tide is turning in favor of parents.

English teacher Matt Armstrong of Newport Harbor High School and a multitude of fellow travelers in the district released an
op-ed in the Los Angeles Times’ Daily Pilot on Thursday blasting those candidates now seeking election to the NMUSD board of trustees who would dare protect parental rights.

Although Armstrong and the op-ed’s signatories refrained from naming the candidates outright, they appear to have been referring to
Philip Stemler in Trustee Area 3 and Amy Peters in Trustee Area 6.

“We understand that it’s fashionable in some circles to criticize public institutions and vilify teachers,” wrote Armstrong and company. “With that in mind, the undersigned teachers and I want to make clear that proclaiming ‘parental rights’ is code for two goals: to lord over our community’s teachers and to censor materials available to students.”

According to the opinion piece, parents “have not been deprived of any rights” but threaten to upend Democratic laws
intended to keep parents in the dark about consequential decisions regarding their children and to foist racial and LGBT propaganda on children.

Corey A. DeAngelis, senior fellow at the American Culture Project and executive director at the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, told Blaze News, “Their claim that parents haven’t been deprived of any rights is peak gaslighting. California politicians are fighting to keep secrets from public school parents”

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)
ratified the so-called AB 1955, the so-called SAFETY Act, in July.

‘They think they own other people’s children.’

The law, first introduced by gay Assemblyman Christopher Ward (D) and championed by the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, prohibits school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and state special schools from introducing or enforcing rules, regulations, or policies that require employees to disclose to parents “any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”

On account of AB 1955, parents in NMUSD are precluded from challenging the
district’s policy that requires educators to hide a child’s so-called “transgender or gender-nonconforming status” from their parents when “appropriate.”

Armstrong and company alleged in their op-ed:

If elected, these people will overrule the qualifications and experience of the educators in our schools by adopting policies intended to challenge California law. They would use their position of public trust on our nonpartisan local school board to pursue a partisan agenda to upend the California SAFETY Act. Such grandstanding will subject our district to costly litigation on a losing case. This is where ‘defending parental rights’ will lead us.

According to her candidate statement, Peters, a mother of three and former educator, not only wants to address the suboptimal academic outcomes in the district and its “poor fiscal health” but to “work to restore the partnership between parents and educators, and to ensure that transparent and response governance and leadership is prioritized.”

The Daily Pilot
indicated that Peters has been openly critical of AB 1955.

“I don’t think we should be keeping that information from parents,” she said at a recent forum hosted by the Harbor Council PTA at Back Bay High School. “The secrecy that’s happening on school campuses drives a wedge between schools and parents and teachers and children.”

Stemler, a father of two and San Bernardino County deputy district attorney endorsed by Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill, similarly emphasized the need for transparency in his
candidate statement, noting further that “when it comes to the issues facing today’s students, family is the solution, not the problem.”

Stemler added, “Parental and family involvement is vital for student success. We must end policies driving a wedge between parents and students.”

Both Stemler and Peters have reportedly expressed an interest in challenging state laws that undermine parental rights.

“The blizzard of state laws and regulations that are governing our schools are the reason why you need someone like me, who has experience in court and litigating and standing up for what’s right,” said Stemler.

After warning that if parental rights advocates were elected, choices over what students read might be localized, Armstrong and company claimed, “Those who ‘fight for parental rights’ don’t really care about your rights or your children.”

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

DeAngelis told Blaze News that the claims in the op-ed “raise serious red flags. Government school employees attacking parental rights in education are the ones who cannot be trusted.”

“They think they own other people’s children,” continued DeAngelis. “It’s time for parents to hold these tyrants accountable at the ballot box.”

‘They look at parents as dangerous and think they should get out of the way.’

Alvin Lui, president of the parental rights advocacy group
Courage Is a Habit, told Blaze News that the “gas-lighting tactics” employed in the op-ed are now customarily advanced by government educators and administrators in K-12 — by those convinced “it’s the parents that shouldn’t be trusted; that they’re the ones that know better.”

Lui noted that the mounting pushback from parents across the nation is partly the result of such brazen anti-parent sentiment in the school system.

“The schools aren’t even hiding how much they disdain parental rights,” said Lui. “[Educators] believe that they know better than the parents. They believe that their values are better, that the parents are backwards or bigots. … They look at parents as dangerous and think they should get out of the way.”

This op-ed is another “great example of why more parents should push back even harder,” added Lui. “It’s a classic manipulator tactic: DARVO, which is deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender. That’s exactly what they’re doing.”

Like Lui, DeAngelis noted a silver lining about the current battle in the schools.

“The good news is parents have woken up and they’re never going back to sleep,” DeAngelis told Blaze News. “The power of parents scares the defenders of the status quo more than anything else. That’s precisely why teachers unions have resorted to attacking parents who want more of a say in their children’s education.”

DeAngelis added that the U.S. Supreme Court “famously ruled in 1925 that ‘the child is not the mere creature of the State.’ California politicians would be wise to remember those words today.”

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While the Republicans’ majority is increasingly narrow, there are currently five competitive blue seats that may help the GOP hold onto the House.

The seats of Democratic Reps. Mary Peltola of Alaska, Yadira Caraveo of Colorado, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, and Jared Golden of Maine have all been ranked as toss-ups by Cook Political Report.

Alongside these toss-up ratings, polling also suggests these seats are within Republicans’ reach going into November.

In 2022, Peltola is the first Democratic candidate to have been elected to Alaska’s sole congressional seat in more than half a century after the state adopted a ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to rank their preferred candidates rather than a typical two-party primary system. As a result, Republican candidates Nick Begich and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin split the GOP vote, allowing Peltola to flip the seat blue for the first time since 1970.

Despite the ranked-choice system, Peltola is facing a challenge from just one Republican candidate, Nick Begich, after Nancy Dahlstrom dropped out to consolidate the GOP vote. Combined with Alaska’s reliably red voting history, recent polls from the National Republican Congressional Committee put Peltola at an electoral disadvantage.

Peltola is also featured on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “frontline members” list consisting of the most competitive blue seats.

Peltola’s fellow frontliner, Caraveo, is also at risk of losing re-election to her Republican challenger. While one September poll puts the Colorado Democrat at a narrow three-point edge, a recent poll from early October puts her in a dead heat with Republican challenger Gabe Evans. Colorado’s 8th Congressional District is also perfectly split between Republicans and Democrats, according to Cook Political Report.

Caraveo won her seat in 2022 against Republican candidate Barbara Kirkmeyer by less than 1%.

Since Slotkin opted to run for Senate, Democratic candidate Curtis Hertel and Republican challenger Tom Barrett have gone head to head for the seat. Slotkin flipped the longtime red seat blue in 2022, making the +2 Republican district a potential layup. Polling is also trending in Republicans’ favor, with Barrett ahead of Hertel by four to six points.

Slotkin secured her seat in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District in 2022 by 5.4%.

Perez, who is also featured on the DCCC’s list of vulnerable front-liners, is set to face off against Republican candidate Joe Kent for the second time. Although Perez managed to flip the seat in 2022, she is currently polling dead even against Kent in the +5 Republican district, which may reinstate a red streak in Washington’s third congressional district.

Perez, who has refrained from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, defeated Kent in 2022 by less than 1% after former Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler retired.

Golden, who has served Maine’s congressional district for three consecutive terms, is also facing a tight race against Republican candidate Austin Theriault. Despite being a +6 Republican district, Golden won his seat by a 1% margin in 2018 and just over 6% in 2020 and 2022.

Despite his historical electoral advantage, a recent poll shows Golden at a three-point deficit against Theriault.

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Hollywood actor turned Christian author and evangelist Kirk Cameron joined Jase and Al Robertson on the “Unashamed” podcast to share his plans for a full-fledged American revival.

While Cameron is typically authoring children’s books for Brave Books, a Christian publishing company, he’s also turned his sights on adults who want to join the nationwide movement to take back America for God.

Titled “Born to Be Brave: How to Be a Part of America’s Spiritual Comeback,” Cameron’s latest book, which just dropped earlier this month, outlines how Christians, who have been given “a birthright of courage,” can fight back against the evil ideologies that have poisoned our country and reinstall our Christian values.

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Al and Phil, both of whom have already read the book, give it a stamp of approval.

The book is aimed at Christians, who “talk about wanting to try to somehow change our culture, change our country … but then sit someplace in a church building and have no impact on what’s going on,” says Al, adding that his favorite chapter is “Heavenizing Earth.”

“Tell folks what [heavenizing earth]” means, Al says to Cameron.

“You go to Genesis chapter 1 you see that God is creating the world, and then he puts man on a mission and he says, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the Earth, take dominions, subdue all that [God] has created,’” says Cameron, pointing out that God’s mission for man is rooted in the idea of “family.”

That family, Cameron explains, was given a “cultural mandate” to “develop God’s world in ways that are consistent with his character.”

Then, following the resurrection of Jesus, the command to Christians expanded in the form of the Great Commission. God’s people were not just called to fill the Earth and be obedient to him, they were also called to spread the good news of salvation offered through Jesus.

But despite the fact that we have been filled with and empowered by the Holy Spirit, today’s Christians are “so scared and depressed by the giants in our land,” says Cameron.

What do giants look like today?

“Big Tech, Big Government, Big Pharma, Big Business,” says Cameron. Now, we have Christians “sitting on their couch watching Fox News, crying in their Chick-fil-A soup, praying for a rapture.”

But that mindset is not how God designed his people to function, and it’s certainly not going to help our nation reverse course.

“We’ve created this self-fulfilling prophecy of a deteriorating future simply because we’re not being salt and light in the culture,” says Cameron. “Meanwhile, the extremists on the left have a vision of victory for their worldview and believe that their ideas are powerful enough to create heaven on Earth.”

The result of this combination is devastating — especially for kids.

“These kids are going, ‘They’re the ones who care about the environment; they’re the ones who seem to care about loving people, especially the outcast; they’re the ones that want to bring people in from other countries and and give them asylum and a dream and a hope; they’re the people that want to end all the problems in the world that are caused by greed and capitalism,”’ Cameron says.

“All of a sudden, we have handed our biblical playbook of creating a beautiful culture over to the enemy who’s starting to run our plays better than the family of faith is.”

But it doesn’t have to be this way. To hear Kirk Cameron’s vision for our nation where Christians step into the power bestowed upon them by God and up to the plate of our calling, watch the episode above.

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Former President Donald Trump visited a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant over the weekend to hand out french fries, but Newsweek’s attempt to “debunk” the incident is being mocked and ridiculed on social media.

Trump put on an apron and learned how to cook some of the menu items at the McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. The event produced amusing photos of the billionaire working the deep fryers and passing out Bic Macs at the drive-thru window.

‘Wait, you’re telling me that Trump didn’t fill out an application and organically start working at a PA McDonald’s … he staged it all?’

The photo op went viral on social media, but Newsweek tried to find a nefarious angle in an attempt to undermine the effect of the clever publicity stunt.

“Rumors have been circulating on social media that former President Donald Trump’s visit to the popular fast food chain was staged,” the outlet’s headline sneered.

The article was immediately mocked into oblivion by critics online.

“I’m gonna have to spend some time contemplating the possibility that this was not a completely organic event featuring a former president taking a side gig at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s while he’s running for president,” replied commentator Mary Katharine Ham.

“Wait, you’re telling me that Trump didn’t fill out an application and organically start working at a PA McDonald’s where a film crew spontaneously showed up with SS vetted customers, he staged it all? It wasn’t for the $25 in wages??” responded blogger Courtney O’Dell.

“Dust off the mantle, the Pulitzer Prize is on the way,” joked satirist David Burge.

“Woodward and Bernstein who? Looks like @Newsweek just wrapped up the Pulitzer for investigative journalism. Next up. Rumors Santa may not be real,” said Barstool founder David Portnoy.

The photo op itself was designed to mock Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for claiming without evidence that she once worked at a McDonald’s.

“She never worked at McDonald’s. It was a fake story,” said Trump at a campaign rally. “It was a lie. She never worked at McDonald’s over the hot french fries.”

Newsweek ended an 80-year run as a print magazine with its last edition in 2012. It has only been available online since then.

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Former President Donald J. Trump told a suffering Western North Carolina, “We will never forget about you,” as he pledged that the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene would be met by efforts to make the region “greater and more beautiful than it was before.”

Standing with a huge pile of storm debris in the distance behind him, Trump sought to buoy the spirits of suffering residents, community leaders, and first responders — whose task has turned from search and rescue to recovery of the dead.

“We’re praying for you, and we will not forget about you,” Trump said at a press conference in Swannanoa, North Carolina. “We will never forget about you. We’re going to be working with you for a long time to come to get it back together.”

In his first of three scheduled North Carolina stops on Oct. 21, Trump said he was amazed by the storm devastation as his motorcade made its way from the Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, North Carolina.

‘What an amazing act of citizenship and service.’

“That’s quite a scene driving up. You see that kind of destruction, actually incredible to see,” Trump said. “That is incredible. It’s the power of nature. Nothing you can do about it, but you’ve got to get a little bit better crew in to do a better job than has been done by the White House.”

Trump cited the rescue and humanitarian work of Savage Freedoms Relief Operations, which turned a local Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership into an air and ground hub to distribute storm relief and coordinate searches. Savage Freedoms was featured by Blaze News on Oct. 16.

“Nothing is more inspiring than to see the American spirit triumph over adversity with the most selfless acts of generosity and love,” Trump said.

Former President Donald J. Trump greets Adam Smith of Savage Freedoms Relief Operations, a group that turned a motorcycle dealership into a helipad and storm relief center, during a visit to Swannanoa, North Carolina, on Oct. 21, 2024.Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images

“One of the patrons who stepped forward to help was Adam Smith, a former Green Beret. Adam transformed the parking lot of a Harley-Davidson dealership into a makeshift airbase to help distribute supplies,” Trump said. “Did an incredible job. Adam, what an amazing act of citizenship and service.”

Smith organized the relief center with the help of hundreds of volunteers, including many other special ops veterans. An adjacent field was converted into a helipad for flying supplies and even farm feed to remote mountain areas cut off from civilization by devastating rains and mudslides in late September.

The relief center drew a visit from an impressed Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. The next day, the 101st Airborne Division sent 100 troops to help the center’s operations.

Smith thanked Trump, saying his presence will keep the area “on the map” as it rebuilds. Trump’s decision to delay his visit gave rescue crews “space to operate and function and gave us space to provide relief where it needed to go,” Smith said.

Adam Smith of Savage Freedoms Relief Operations addresses volunteers at a makeshift supply depot at the Harley-Davidson dealership in Swannanoa, North Carolina, Oct. 15, 2024.

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“The biggest fear that Western North Carolina is sitting on right now, at least from the communities we’ve talked to, is being forgotten,” Smith told the 45th president. “And to have you here and have an opportunity to have this conversation at a national level will keep Western North Carolina on the map and not leave the communities holding the bag on the back end of this.”

Trump was sharply critical of the Hurricane Helene response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the agency’s use of hundreds of millions of dollars for settling of illegal aliens across the country.

“Their rescue effort was almost nonexistent,” Trump said.

Trump said he was in favor of calling Congress into special session to approve more federal aid to the states impacted by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, but he said FEMA should have more money on hand than it does.

“So they don’t have any money for the people that live here that got hit by one of the worst storms, possibly the worst storm ever, but one of the worst storms in the history of our country,” Trump said. “And it’s a shame because they should have the money. They spent money that I don’t believe they’re supposed to be spending for that, as you know.”

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When Liz Wheeler invited cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough on the show to discuss his research on the corruption in the medical industry, especially regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, she had a feeling the episode would be censored by YouTube.

And she was right. All Liz was able to post was a tiny clip of her conversation with Dr. McCullough.

In the 30-second clip she was able to play, it’s clear why YouTube, which we know has sold out at the expense of preserving free speech, would shoot down Liz’s episode.

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Here are just two lines from Dr. McCullough:

“The vaccines – it’s like a religious belief, and if you confront somebody on their religious belief, you know around the time of an election, people are going to start to react badly.”

“Think about the transgender disaster that’s going on right now and being promoted by HHS. Think about the corruption in the CDC, the NIH, and FDA. We’re looking at a major house cleaning and a change in philosophy oriented toward patient safety and freedom of choice — medical freedom of choice, free of mandates and other types of constraints.”

“YouTube won’t let me play the rest of my episode,” Liz laments, adding that the “conversation with Dr. McCullough is fascinating.”

Unfortunately, Liz “can’t even tell you the topics [they] discussed without risking a strike.”

However, you can watch the full episode, which covers Dr. McCullough’s work on COVID, medical freedom, and cardiology, as well as his explanation on how deadly the COVID vaccine is and what individuals who received the jab can do to protect themselves. The episode also includes Liz and Dr. McCullough’s discussion over what the medical establishment might look like under a potential second Trump administration, what’s on the horizon for patients, doctors, and all Americans, and Dr. McCullough’s take on RFK Jr.’s plan to “Make America Healthy Again.”

To learn how you can watch the episode in its entirety, check out the clip above.

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Several Democratic New York City councilmembers have sponsored a bill introduced in September that would significantly restrict what New York Police Department officials can post on social media.

The legislation, “Establishing rules of decorum for posting on official social media accounts,” was proposed by Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D) and has collected seven co-sponsors, including Democratic councilmembers Gale Brewer, Lincoln Restler, Shahana Hanif, Althea Stevens, Alexa Avilés, Shekar Krishnan, and Christopher Marte.

‘The far left is not happy enough tying the hands of our police officers. Now they are trying to silence them too.’

Williams’ bill seeks to require the city to “promulgate rules establishing minimum standards relating to decorum that all agencies must follow in posting on official social media accounts.”

The posts cannot “insult, intimidate, or harass the public and shall not prohibit the posting of statistical or factual information.” The bill’s “minimum” standards declare that officials cannot post anything “attributing negative characteristics or traits to particular persons or to groups of persons,” “using language that is intended to incite violence,” and “using language that is intended to intimidate.”

Williams’ legislation also mandates that the city establish a complaint-reporting mechanism for potential violations of these standards. Additionally, the city would be required to launch efforts to educate the public about the new standards and its reporting system.

The bill carves out exceptions to official social media accounts of elected officials and accounts associated with an online alias.

Williams wrote to fellow councilmembers in an email, “The need for this legislation has become increasingly evident, most recently highlighted by the actions of NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.”

“This legislation is a proactive step toward ensuring that our social media platforms are used to inform and engage the public, not for personal attacks or politically motivated behavior,” she added.

Some NYPD officials, including Chell, have used their social media accounts to push back on leftist politicians’ anti-cop agenda.

In May, Chell torched Councilmember Tiffany Cabán (D) for calling the department’s response to the Columbia University pro-Hamas protests “a colossal disgrace,” “a horrifying affront to democracy in free speech,” and “an abject failure of public safety.”

Chell responded to Cabán’s statement, calling it “garbage” and noting that it “is coming from a person who hates our city and certainly does not represent the great people of NYC.”

“Last night’s criminal conduct by entitled non accountable students and the support they receive from Councilmember Tiffany Caban is a colossal disgrace,” Chell fired back at the councilmember. “A horrifying affront to democracy and proper behavior from people who are not accountable for their behavior. This was an abject failure of how civilized people are expected to behave in society while continually acting like a perpetual victim.”

Chell’s statement prompted the Department of Investigation to launch a probe at the request of Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D) and the Legal Aid Society.

“These posts can often convey inaccurate or misleading information and could potentially incite threats of violence,” Adams claimed. “This conduct is dangerous, unethical, unprofessional because included in the department’s mission is to preserve peace, protect the people and reduce fear at the preliminary budget.”

In addition to Chell’s social media posts, the department came under fire after publishing its first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video in March. The two-minute, action-packed clip showed officers taking down “real-life individuals facing criminal charges.”

According to NYPD spokesperson Tarik Sheppard, the department created the video and others like it to “push back on the misinformation that’s out there.”

“Because if we don’t, it could cause damage to the reputation of our cops and the work that we’re doing,” Sheppard told the Associated Press.

Councilman Robert Holden (D) pushed back against Williams’ proposed bill, stating, “The far left is not happy enough tying the hands of our police officers.”

“Now they are trying to silence them too. When will this lunacy stop?” Holden asked.

Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R) said, “When the City Council starts legislating what public agencies can and can’t say, that’s not governance — that’s censorship.”

“This isn’t just wrong; it’s un-American. Forcing agencies to simply toe the party line and follow a script or face legal retribution is authoritarianism, plain and simple, and it flies in the face of everything that our Constitution and the First Amendment stands for,” Ariola added.

Last month, NYPD Interim Commissioner Thomas Donlon announced a plan to enact a “one voice” policy within the department, warning officials, “There’s only one voice in this department, and that’s me.”

The NYPD did not respond to a request for comment from the New York Post.

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The members of the “Central Park Five” have filed a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump over comments he made about the case during his debate in Philadelphia.

The infamous case involved the brutal rape and beating of a jogger in New York City in 1989, and five teenagers were charged and convicted for the crime. Some initially confessed but later recanted and said they had been coerced into confessing. The five served time in prison until someone else confessed to the crime and was confirmed through DNA evidence. Police argued that the five were still involved, but city officials released them.

‘This is just another frivolous, Election Interference lawsuit, filed by desperate left-wing activists.’

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris tried to use the case during the debate to accuse Trump of racism because he had called for the death penalty to be brought back in a full-page newspaper ad two weeks after the brutal attack.

Trump defended himself against the claims, but the lawsuit alleges he did so in a defamatory manner and made several false claims.

“They come up with things like what she just said going back many, many years when a lot of people, including Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg, agreed with me on the Central Park Five. They admitted — they said, they pled guilty,” said Trump during the debate.

“And I said, ‘Well, if they pled guilty, they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately,'” he added. “And if they pled guilty — then they pled, ‘We’re not guilty.'”

The lawsuit points out that none of the five had actually entered guilty pleas and no one in the case had been killed. Also the mayor at the time was not Bloomberg but Ed Koch, who disagreed with Trump about the case, according to the lawsuit.

“Defendant Trump’s conduct at the September 10 debate was extreme and outrageous, and it was intended to cause severe emotional distress to Plaintiffs,” read the lawsuit. “Plaintiffs demand judgment against Defendant Donald J. Trump for compensatory damages, for punitive damages and for costs.”

A spokesperson for the Trump campaign minimized the lawsuit in a statement to ABC News.

“This is just another frivolous, Election Interference lawsuit, filed by desperate left-wing activists,” read the statement.

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Angela Rye said white voters should face consequences for not saving democracy if Vice President Kamala Harris does not win the upcoming presidential election.

CNN host Victor Blackwell asked Rye about former President Barack Obama chastising black men for hesitating to vote for Harris.

“I think that it’s wonderful that President Obama is out hitting the trail for democracy, frankly,” Rye initially replied. “And what I think is a mistake is to let white folks escape the accountability that they must face for not showing up to save democracy themselves. Like, they want to get mad at presidential candidates, right, when they don‘t wear a flag lapel pin or they don‘t see you pledging allegiance to the flag.”

Rye claimed white people view the “terrorist attack on January 6, 2021,” at the Capitol building as a demonstration of patriotism, so “the responsibility of saving democracy should be on the largest demographic in this country.

“That is white men and white women.”

Similar to other demographics that go for Democrats during presidential elections, Harris has been struggling in the polls with black voters.

Rye pointed to efforts in Detroit to talk with voters about the economy and “ensuring that democracy is preserved even if it’s not perfect. We’re doing our part. It’s time for white folks to turn their ire and their attention to each other to ensure they also do their part.“

Similar to other demographics that go for Democrats during presidential elections, Harris has been struggling in the polls with black voters when compared to President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Obama.

The New York Times reported that while Harris is expected to a win an outright majority of black voters, only 78% of black voters are expected to vote for her, compared to 90% for Biden in 2020 and 92% for Clinton in 2016.

Part of the reason for the erosion of support for Harris among black voters is that many believe Democrats have not done enough to support their communities despite receiving their votes. That feeling has only been exacerbated by the influx of illegal immigrants in big cities and the money being spent on them instead of inner-city communities.

“Forty percent of African-American voters under 30 said the Republican Party was more likely to follow through on its campaign commitments than Democrats were,” the NYT explained.

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With just 15 days before Election Day, the media and Democrats are trying to paint Donald Trump as a candidate mentally unfit for the White House.

Despite covering up President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline for years, Democrats and the media are now trying to make a story out of Trump’s mental fitness, claiming he, too, is experiencing a level of cognitive decline that disqualifies him from the presidency.

‘The 2024 Trump seems more confident and is certainly more knowledgeable about policy than he was in 2015.’

The evidence of mental decline, Trump’s critics claim, revolves around his speeches. At his campaign rallies, Trump often speaks off the cuff for long periods of time, which his critics see as incoherent rambling and proof of mental decline.

Here are some recent headlines:

MSNBC: “‘Unintelligible’: Trump’s mental decline on display in final stretch to election”
The New Republic: “Trump’s Mental Decline Finally Becomes Big Media Story”

NBC News: “Trump’s bizarre music session reignites questions about his mental acuity”
The Week: “Is Trump okay?”
Los Angeles Times: “In final stretch, Harris revives attacks on Trump as ‘unstable’ and mentally unfit for office”
New York Times: “Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age”
Cornell University: “Trump’s abrupt decision to play DJ, a sign of ‘accelerating cognitive decline’ says Cornell expert”
Forbes: “Trump’s Unwieldy Speeches Raise Questions About His Mental Acuity”
Boston Globe: “Trump’s decline is too dangerous to ignore”

But the editorial board at the Wall Street Journal says, in their firsthand experience, that is not true.

In fact, not only does the Journal’s editorial board not believe that Trump is experiencing the cognitive decline that Democrats and the media claim is happening, but they observed that Trump is sharper today than he was nearly a decade ago.

The editors of the Journal reported their observation with confidence last Friday, one day after Trump met with them.

From the WSJ editorial board:

Lately Mr. Trump’s detractors have been speculating about his ‘mental decline.’ There’s no sign of such slippage in our Thursday meeting. The 2024 Trump seems more confident and is certainly more knowledgeable about policy than he was in 2015. His discursive style of talking can confuse listeners, but that was equally true nine years ago, and he never appears lost in his thoughts the way President Biden repeatedly did in their June debate.

Not only do the editors at WSJ see no evidence of Trump’s purported mental decline, but people who spend time with him deny it, too.

It’s rich, after all, for the institutions and people who for years ignored Biden’s mental decline now to suddenly demonstrate concern about a candidate’s mental fitness. The American people see through the charade.

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