Antifa is commonly characterized as a decentralized collection of independent activists who show up organically, of their own free will, to fight the powers that be.

However, BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler says that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

“They’re telling you Antifa is just an idea. It’s the wind. It’s a belief set,” Wheeler says. “These individual chapters of Antifa aren’t connected. They’re a decentralized network. So how do you go after them when they’re not really the same thing?”

“This is a false narrative. It’s intentionally deceptive, because the reality is that Antifa is a highly coordinated group. And when I say highly coordinated, they are very strategic in their deception,” she continues.

Antifa, Wheeler explains, hides behind leftist groups “that act as shell groups,” because they need training, funding, and legal support.

“They associate themselves with groups like the Socialist Rifle Association or the John Brown Gun Club, groups that appear to be autonomous,” she says.

“The same thing happens with funding,” she continues, noting that they get their funding “to the tune of $20 million,” despite their “socialist” beliefs, from Roy Singham.

“Antifa hides behind these leftist groups that serve as shell groups so that it’s trickier to catch them so that the mainstream media can get away with trying to lie to people and tell them that Antifa is a decentralized network,” Wheeler says.

“And what about legal support?” she asks. “You have to have legal support when you’re engaging in crime. Well, Antifa has this.They have legal support in the form of an organization called the National Lawyers Guild.”

In photos of Antifa protests, there are groups of people with brightly colored helmets on. These are the “legal observers” from the National Lawyers Guild.

“They’re looking for instances that they can document that they can accuse police of brutality, and they are looking to document the actions of Antifa members in order to help with their legal defense when they are prosecuted,” Wheeler explains.

“The idea that this is grassroots and organic is ludicrous. This is highly coordinated,” she adds.

Want more from Liz Wheeler?

To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

​Antifa, Grassroots, John brown gun club, Lawyers, Legal, Liz wheeler, National lawyers guild, Roy singham, Blazetv show 

The season of the New York Giants football team has seemingly ended after a devastating injury to the team’s star quarterback, Jaxson Dart, during “Monday Night Football.”

Dart was in great pain when he got tackled by linebackers Byron Young and Josiah Stewart in the opening drive of the game against the Los Angeles Rams.

‘Everything…and I mean EVERYTHING…that trump touches turns to s***…’

He suffered an injury to his left knee and was pulled out of the game. Initially the injury appeared to be moderate, but sources indicated later that he may be out for the rest of the season.

While Giants fans were upset by the news, some critics of President Donald Trump gleefully blamed the injury on the “Trump curse.” Dart had introduced the president at a rally in New York and expressed his support for the Republican in May.

“Jaxson Dart appears to be the latest victim of the Trump curse,” responded an X user with pronouns in his profile.

“Everyone who sucks up to TRUMP pays!! Trump is POISON!! Hope Dart thought it was worth it!” said another critic.

“Jaxson Dart introduced Trump and this happens. Talk about the kiss of death smh,” read one response.

“Everything…and I mean EVERYTHING…that trump touches turns to s***, including Dart. It’s quite remarkable,” said another.

“Just another example of Trump / MAGA destroying everything they touch?” asked one account.

“The Curse of Trump strikes again. Dart never should have attended the Trump rally and introduced him. Everything Trump touches is cursed. Live and learn the hard way kid,” said another critic.

Others implied that Dart’s own offensive line didn’t protect him enough in order to get him back for his support of Trump.

RELATED: Christian NFL star apologizes after referring to kids’ game that likely left LGBTQ crowd seething

Young, the linebacker who tackled Dart, was far more civil in his response on social media.

“Never play to hurt anybody. I pray for a healthy recovery,” he wrote and added a prayer emoji.

The Giants went on to lose the game to the Rams by a score of 6 to 28.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Jaxson dart, New york giants, President donald trump, Nfl, Politics 

A project seven years in the making is set to announce another milestone, likely because it isn’t a government hack job.

When new transportation projects are brought up, the mind immediately jumps to California’s failed high-speed rail line that is still allegedly in its infancy stages following 10 years of promises and billions of dollars.

This one is different.

‘The project has cost more than $15 billion without a single track being laid.’

This is a project Donald Trump would have been happy with before he was president: on time, on budget, and something the people actually want.

Over the weekend, a social media post garnered attention for focusing on Elon Musk’s underground tunnel system in Las Vegas, built by his aptly named business the Boring Company.

“Roadway entrance finished. Just some cosmetic issues and the roll up security gates to go,” a Las Vegas-centric account wrote.

The next day, the Boring Company provided an update, responding to one of its own posts from late 2025 boasting about its tunnels, ramps, and emergency egress shafts.

Yes, the Vegas Loop is hitting another landmark with its airport connector tunnels (2.3 miles each) that the company says are opening “soon.”

Fourteen tunnels, 14 stations, 12 egresses, and more have been built in the Las Vegas system, which raises the question: How?

RELATED: These smart TVs are accused of tracking users, amassing their data — and selling it

Las Vegas awarded Musk’s company more than $48 million for his tunneling in 2019, with the construction steadily opening holes since 2021, when the original Vegas Loop opened to the public.

Many more tunnels have been drilled since, including near the Thomas & Mack Center and the Virgin Hotels in 2024, along with the University Center tunnel in 2025.

As it stands, the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, Resorts World Connector, Westgate Connector, Encore Connector, and other links are currently open and operational.

Compare that to California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and his rail project. As of August, RedState reports that the project has cost more than $15 billion without a single track being laid.

The decade worth of bureaucracy has resulted in just 80 miles of “guideway,” which exists as the path where the track is intended to be laid.

An inspector general’s report also revealed that the project could be “on the brink of financial crisis” by 2027 if the state government does not step in and address it.

RELATED: Mom left ominous note at Las Vegas hotel before ‘very medicated’ cheerleader daughter found dead in murder-suicide: Coroner

Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

Over at the Boring Company, the initial $48.7 million in funding has increased only slightly, as the expected costs have come in around $52.5 million.

But through its successes, the Loop also has an array of criticisms, like a reported cost of more than $5 million Las Vegas has been forking out for maintenance and operations, annually.

However, amid complaints about the airport tunnel’s opening — now scheduled for October — project completions still persist, showing Americans that progress can actually be achieved without bleeding taxpayers until there’s nothing left.

Citizens would likely prefer that progress happen in some of their biggest city centers instead, though.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​The boring company, Las vegas, Gavin newsom, California, Tech 

CNN staffers are reportedly fearful of what may happen after Paramount Skydance merges with Warner Bros., the parent company of the cable news network.

A Variety report detailed how CNN appeared to be on the upswing in profit and viewership in recent years, but all that progress may end after the takeover.

‘What an enormous loss and disruption it would be to shuffle leadership for the umpteenth time in the midst — finally — of reshaping the business.’

One staffer told the outlet that the mood is “like a funeral” at CNN offices.

CNN CEO and Chairman Mark Thompson offered few details to staffers on Monday about the consequences of the takeover.

“Over the coming days you’ll hear much more about what this means for CNN, including the date of the close,” he said.

The fear comes from changes at CBS News after Paramount Skydance hired Bari Weiss to lead the news outlet. Weiss was the founder of the Free Press, and many on the left accuse her of toeing the line for the Trump administration.

Many believe Paramount will order the same rightward lurch at CNN.

“What an enormous loss and disruption it would be to shuffle leadership for the umpteenth time in the midst — finally — of reshaping the business,” said a CNN staffer to Variety.

Former CNN host Jim Acosta also saw the acquisition as a threat.

“This merger is terrible news for America. Paramount should not own both CBS News and CNN,” he wrote on social media. “If [Larry and David Ellison] do little more than pinky swear they won’t bother CNN, don’t believe it. Once they acquire the network, they’ll do Trump’s bidding.”

RELATED: Furious liberals blame Bari Weiss takeover at CBS after Democrat leader fumbles question

Others predicted that layoffs were coming for the CNN staffers.

“A much bigger threat to CNN is not Donald Trump. It’s Paramount, which just bought CNN,” wrote Steve Gruber, a conservative show host. “Very conservative, Larry Ellison. I think that’s a bigger concern for CNN because the layoffs, my friends, are coming.”

In response to a July lawsuit, a Paramount spokesperson said in part: “As we’ve said consistently: no commitments from either David or Larry Ellison have been made to any government body, state AG, or federal agency regarding the future of CNN or any other news property, other than the goal to deliver truth-based journalism.”

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Bari weiss, Cnn, Paramount skydance, Politics, Cbs news 

For months, America waited to hear directly from Patrick Clancy.

The father at the center of one of the nation’s most heartbreaking and controversial criminal cases sat down with “60 Minutes” to discuss the deaths of his three children at the hands of his wife.

However, while the interview offered intimate details about Clancy’s grief and recovery, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock doesn’t believe Ross Douthat pressed him hard enough — and thinks the answers seemed scripted.

“What we got was soft light and soft questions,” Whitlock says.

“Patrick said baby Callan died in his arms. He said he begged God for one kid to live. He said Lindsay told him the killings felt like a dream. He said he forgave her without being asked. He said he had a panic attack on the stand, refused the medications, and finished the testimony,” he continues.

“He said the TikTok mob is trash. He said he married a fertility doctor and they are starting a family. Every line carried weight on paper. Almost none of it hit like a man who had just buried three children and then watched a courtroom turn their deaths into a national argument,” he adds.

Whitlock points out that in the 14-minute interview that aired, Douthat never “pressed the hard scenes,” like Patrick leaving Lindsay alone after she told him she had thoughts of harming the kids.

“He never forced a straight answer on the mistrial, the holdout juror, or whether Patrick Clancy still wants a retrial,” he says.

“He treated forgiveness like a virtue signal and left the public with a quiet man reading from a prepared grief script,” he continues.

“Patrick came across careful, managed, and strangely flat for a father whose name is now welded to the biggest postpartum psychosis fight in the country. ’60 Minutes’ sold revelation,” he adds. “What aired felt like damage control with better lighting.”

Want more from Jason Whitlock?

To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

​Jason whitlock, Patrick clancy, Ross douthat, Postpartum psychosis, Lindsay clancy, 60 minutes, Blazetv show 

Widespread child exploitation has been going on for years in the U.K., and British activist Tommy Robinson has been at the forefront of sounding the alarm — though authorities still turned a blind eye.

Robinson points to notorious cases in cities like Rotherham, arguing that fears of being labeled racist or Islamophobic prevented officials from confronting abuse committed by grooming gangs.

“My hometown, Luton, is a labor stronghold,” Robinson tells Freitas. “Always has been. But let me tell you in 2013 in my town, because I’ve got three children, so I was trying to work out the future for my town, future for my country,” Robinson tells BlazeTV’s Nick Freitas.

And when Robinson looked at the “projected growth forecast” for “demographical change in Luton by 2030” on the government’s own website, he found that the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities are projected to increase by 70% to 77%.

“White and black by 1.2[%] to 1.4[%],” he tells Freitas.

“So what do the Labour Party, your Democrat Party, know?” he asks. “They know that white and black are irrelevant. The future lays with these Pakistani and Bangladeshes.”

“We don’t want to upset them, right?” he asks.

And in another city, Rotherham, Robinson explains there’s only a 3.7% Muslim population.

“There’s none there. Now in that 3.7[%] Muslim population, we had 1,400 children raped,” he says.

“Now the police officer in charge during all these rapes who covered it up, what’s his job now? Well, he’s in charge of counterterrorism,” he continues.

“Now Muslim men make up 3% of the British population. They’re responsible for 90% of the convictions of groups of men who rape kids. Thirty percent of the men convicted of raping children in gangs are called Muhammad,” he adds.

And as the Muslim population in America grows, Robinson warns, “You’ve got to talk about this, and you have to understand this. You have a choice with immigration, America.”

“Making the Argument with Nick Freitas” is available on BlazeTV+, YouTube, and major podcast platforms.

Start watching Nick Freitas NOW at blazetv.com and use the promo code NICK40 for $40 off your BlazeTV+ subscription.

​Child exploitation, Democrat party, Grooming gangs, Labour party, Tommy robinson, Immigration, Islam, Muslim, Blazetv show 

The left has demonstrated time and again its willingness to use violence to suppress opposition and secure power, and a damning new poll of Democratic voters seems to indicate that leftist bloodlust continues.

According to the poll conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics in partnership with Liberal Currents, 56% of respondents said that they would feel positive about learning that President Donald Trump had died overnight in his sleep.

‘They want Trump dead, and they want everyone who supported him or worked for him in prison.’

Only 16% said they’d feel somewhat or very bad about it.

When asked how they would feel if they woke up to a news headline that read, “President Donald Trump was assassinated while speaking at a rally,” 31% of respondents said that they would feel positive, and 25% said they’d feel neither positive nor negative. Forty-three percent said they would feel negative.

Of the 683 Democratic voters surveyed earlier this month, 59% of whom identified as “woke,”

86% said they would feel positive if informed that Trump had been impeached and convicted by Congress, and removed from office;84% said they would feel positive if informed that Trump had been declared unfit by a majority of his Cabinet and removed from office; and59% said that they would feel positive if they woke up to the news that a group of American military leaders had orchestrated a coup, ousting Trump from power and assuming control of the country.

In addition to revealing just how many Democrats have warmed to the idea of assassination and insurrection after years of elected officials in their party demonizing the opposition, the poll highlighted Democrats’ appetite for lawfare against their political opponents.

When asked whether the next Democratic administration should pursue criminal prosecution of members of the Trump administration

for the efforts to enforce American immigration law, 77% said yes;for lethal strikes on boats in South America, 72% said yes; andfor actions taken with regards to the conflict in Iran, 66% said yes.

New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R) was among the many who recognized the survey results as evidence that such people need to be denied power.

RELATED: ‘Our results shocked us’: HHS report confirms your darkest suspicions about trans ideology

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

“People have absolutely no idea the reign of terror we’re headed for if Democrats gain total power,” wrote Paladino. “They want Trump dead, and they want everyone who supported him or worked for him in prison. They want our constitutional rights dissolved, and they want the courts packed to facilitate it all. This is an EXTREMELY dark place and I don’t know that there’s any good way out.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted that “Democrats claim to support ‘our democracy,’ yet by a massive margin they support a military coup.”

Andrew Kolvet, the spokesman of Turning Point USA whose founder was assassinated last year, tweeted, “Gas prices are high so sure, let’s give these psychos power.”

“This is not about politics anymore,” wrote Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R). “It’s about SANITY vs INSANITY.”

While the results are disturbing, they’re par for the course. After all, numerous polls in recent years have captured the left’s intolerance of differing views and affinity for violence.

Just months after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, a Young America’s Foundation survey found that 42% of liberal young people said that “he brought this violence upon himself to an extent” by his “viewpoints.” A majority of liberal young people, 53%, said conservative viewpoints should be “shut down or kept out of the public square.”

A Marist Poll conducted in September 2025 found that 28% of Democrats strongly agreed or agreed with the statement that “Americans may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track.”

An April 2025 survey conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University’s Social Perception Lab found that 55% of left-leaning respondents said that assassinating Trump would be at least somewhat justified.

RMG Research asked American adults in the wake of the September 2024 assassination attempt on Trump whether the country would “be better off if Donald Trump had been killed last weekend.” While 69% of respondents said no, 28% of Democrats answered “yes.”

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Assassination, Lawfare, Leftism, Democrats, Poll, Democratic party, Donald trump, Charlie kirk, Politics 

What’s enabling Travis Kelce to perform so well early this season?

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has a couple of theories, and they are both providing results.

‘Would he be out of shape and honeymooning the whole time and all that?’

Kelce has started the 2026 season on fire, and although it has only been two games, he’s averaging the most receiving yards per game (86) since his 2020 season (94.4), which was his career high.

He’s also put up the most yards per reception he ever has (14.3), so far.

The reasons for that, according to Reid, are equal parts Taylor Swift and Kelce’s “rear end” — literally.

“Trav worked his tail off. That’s the bottom line,” he told reporters in a remote press conference on Monday.

Reid praised “the amount of work” Kelce has put in, as well as his “surrounding cast.” Reid was seemingly referring to the people Kelce is surrounding himself with on a personal level, and that includes his new wife, Swift.

The coach said that everyone wondered whether Kelce would be exhausted at the start of the season following his recent wedding and subsequent honeymoon, asking, “Would he be out of shape and honeymooning the whole time and all that?”

Then Reid answered his own question, saying that Kelce is trying to keep up with his wife’s energy levels.

“He works his rear end off, and I think Taylor [Swift], you’re putting on four-hour shows, you’ve got to work hard, too. So I’m sure she kicks him in the butt a little bit there, too.”

RELATED: Wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator allegedly shot by their son ‘multiple times’

Again referring to Kelce working his tail off, Reid said the tight end has “really focused in on his body strength and his glutes and everything, you know, where you develop all the power and speed and maintain it.”

The 68-year-old added, “I think he’s done a good job in those areas, you know, where he’s been able to maintain good explosiveness.”

Players’ tails seem to be top of mind for the Chiefs, with Kelce telling reporters after an overtime win against the Indianapolis Colts, “Guys were playing their tails off for the guys next to them, and that’s why I love this team right now.”

“We’re in a zone right now where everybody’s feeding off each other,” Kelce continued, per KMBC News. “There was never a doubt that we were going to get that win.”

RELATED: Muslim NFL players say they’re confused after thousands of dollars in fines: ‘I need answers’

Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images

Swift keeps herself in the news every time she shows up at a Chiefs game to support Kelce, and Sunday’s game was no different.

The singer was recorded in the luxury suites at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, as she cheered on Kelce when he scored a touchdown in the first quarter.

“That’s my husband!” she appeared to yell, pointing at her ring finger.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Kansas city chiefs, Andy reid, Travis kelce, Taylor swift, Nfl, Football, Sports 

A young black mother was brutally murdered in Mississippi last month, but the Associated Press seems more interested in browbeating Americans about racism than in finding justice.

On Monday, the AP published a video on YouTube that uses the horrific murder of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four, as a pretext to revisit the history of racially motivated lynching.

‘I don’t think this was racist. I think this was something very personal.’

“The death of Tasia Fortune, a black Mississippi woman who was found hanging from a tree, has brought up distressing memories of the grim history of lynchings in the United States South,” Sarah Jones-Smith of the AP says to open the video.

“For many black people, the imagery of a rope and noose evokes the legacy of lynching and vigilante violence against black people in the U.S. and brings deep pain and trauma,” Jones-Smith continues.

The fact that Fortune was found hanging from a tree in the back yard of a vacant Jackson home on August 3 appears to be the only tie between her murder and previous racial lynchings.

In fact, a black man has already been identified as the suspected murderer. On September 11, police arrested 51-year-old Jarques “Jock” Ratliff and charged him with murder in connection with Fortune’s death.

RELATED: Where did ‘teen takeovers’ come from?

Additionally, no motive for the murder has yet been determined. Ratliff and Fortune did have an “association” with one another, Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney confirmed, according to the Clarion Ledger, though the exact nature of that “association” is unclear.

Brackney noted that the investigation into the murder is ongoing and that other arrests may be coming.

Finally, while the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled Fortune’s death a homicide, no official cause of death has yet been announced. An affidavit claimed only that the suspect used a “black cable cord” to tie Fortune to the tree, the Ledger reported.

The AP was fully aware of most of these details regarding Fortune’s case since it reported them in an article dated September 11. The AP also released a video on Wednesday admitting that a “black man was charged with murder in this case.”

Fortune’s mother, Christy Spivey, told the AP she does not believe that racial malice was the motive behind the murder. Spivey claimed she and Fortune’s father endured racial attacks in Kentucky during their mixed-race romantic relationship.

“I don’t think this was racist,” Spivey said. “I think this was something very personal, very personal.”

Spivey said she does not know Ratliff but has asked Fortune’s friends whether they recognize him.

The AP shared the lynching history lesson video on X Monday and was soon slapped with a community note that “a black man with an association to Tasia Fortune” had been arrested. An AP news report was included as one of the sources for the community note.

Folks at the AP are not the only ones fretting about the circumstances of Fortune’s death and the emotionally charged topic of lynchings. Police Chief Brackney even alluded to the issue during her press conference about Ratliff’s arrest.

“We understand the questions and the desire for answers, given Mississippi’s history,” Brackney said on September 11. “We understand that this case is being viewed through a broader lens, a global lens, and we do not dismiss those concerns. We are taking them seriously.”

Attorney Toney Baldwin, who is representing Ratliff, described his client as “innocent” and asked the public and the media not to “prejudge” the case until all the evidence comes out, according to the Ledger.

The AP did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Mississippi, Lynching, Racism, Politics 

Apple’s new iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 in the United States. For two grand, I want a phone I can carry for several years without worrying about what its screen will look like next spring. Unfolding a phone into something closer to a small tablet has obvious appeal. So does showing it off to your friends. I’m happy to let those friends buy theirs first.

I spent nearly a decade as managing editor of TidBITS and have written several Take Control books about the Apple ecosystem. I enjoy this stuff. But when someone asks whether to spend that much on a phone he needs to last, my enthusiasm has to survive a little scrutiny. Unless you have money to burn and enjoy owning the newest toy, I’d wait until at least the second generation.

Ternus called the Duo ‘the most transformational change to iPhone since the original.’

Apple announced the Duo on September 9, 2026, with preorders beginning October 16 and availability scheduled for October 23. It hasn’t reached ordinary buyers yet. We have plenty of time to admire the engineering before anyone can tell us how it holds up through a year of use.

What $2,000 buys

The specifications give you plenty to admire: a 5.4-inch outer display, a 7.6-inch inner display, and an A20 Pro chip, with 48-megapixel main and ultrawide cameras. Storage starts at 256 gigabytes. The phone measures 5.2 millimeters thick when open and 11.3 millimeters when closed. At 254 grams, it weighs about 9 ounces.

Apple claims up to 31 hours of video playback on the inner screen or 44 hours on the outer one. Those are playback-test figures, so don’t plan your charging routine around getting 44 hours of everyday use.

Apple CEO John Ternus called the Duo “the most transformational change to iPhone since the original.” I’m more interested in the ability to run two apps side by side. Referring to a document while writing an email would give me a reason to unfold the thing, and it’s more appealing than another small bump in processor speed. How often I’d actually use it is the question that would determine whether it’s worth the money.

Apple/iPhone Duo

Look at a used foldable

Before ordering, I’d spend some time looking at what happened to older Samsung foldables after their owners had lived with them for a while. PhoneArena documented the screen protector peeling on its Galaxy Z Fold 3. Small bubbles near the fold spread over several weeks until the film had peeled away across the crease. Engadget’s Sam Rutherford reported similar screen-protector bubbling on his Galaxy Z Fold 3 in 2022.

The protective film was peeling; the display panel wasn’t coming apart. That makes it a repairable nuisance, but still a nuisance. Samsung recommends having an authorized specialist replace the protector and warns against removing it yourself. I’d resent having to arrange a service visit because the surface of my expensive phone had started looking lousy. A fix can be straightforward and still eat up an afternoon I had other plans for.

A visible crease is a separate issue. Samsung describes the normal fold on the Galaxy Z Flip as a characteristic of its flexible display. You might find it irritating to look at, but its presence alone doesn’t mean the screen is failing.

Samsung has also improved its displays. In his July 23, 2026, hands-on report, Tom’s Guide’s Tom Pritchard found the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra’s crease much harder to see than the Fold 7’s, although he could still feel it. The Fold 3 reports don’t establish how common these problems are in current phones, much less predict what will happen to Apple’s. They do give prospective buyers something more useful to investigate than how a new phone looks under showroom lights.

Apple’s design

Apple has put considerable thought into the Duo’s folding display. A custom polymer cover layer and scratch-resistant coating protect the inner surface. Glass sits above and below the folding display panel, and adhesives let the layers slide past one another to relieve bending stress. I’m hopeful that approach will hold up. I’d be more comfortable spending $2,000 after owners have had time to find out.

The Duo carries an IP68 dust- and water-resistance rating, with Apple specifying a water test of up to 30 minutes at a maximum depth of 6 meters. That’s welcome protection, although a water test tells us little about how the folding surface will age.

RELATED: This Apple privacy feature could be exposing you instead

MUNTHITA LAMLUE/Getty Images

The early impressions are encouraging. Tom’s Guide’s Mark Spoonauer reported that the crease was barely visible and wrote, “I also couldn’t feel the crease when using the Duo.” I hope it stays that way. A follow-up after months of opening and closing the phone would carry more weight in my buying decision.

Give it a generation

Waiting would also help answer a less dramatic question: How much would I use the larger screen? I can imagine opening the Duo throughout the day to read and work on documents. I can just as easily imagine getting accustomed to checking messages on the outside screen and rarely bothering to unfold it. Owners who’ve had time to settle into a routine will have a better answer than anyone enjoying a few minutes with a demonstration unit.

AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss adds $199.99 a year to the Duo’s cost, compared with $129.99 for an iPhone 17 and $149.99 for an iPhone 18 Pro. Even with coverage, accidental damage to the Duo’s inner display carries a $99 service fee, compared with $29 for a conventional iPhone screen. That doesn’t tell us how often the folding screen will break, but it gives us something concrete to budget for. Apple’s Express Replacement service could also spare you a wait for repairs, subject to availability. I’d still want to see the repair bill without coverage before buying.

A second generation won’t automatically be a safe purchase. I’d still read the reviews. By then, though, we should know more about how the original held up and whether owners kept using that big screen after the novelty wore off. Apple would have had time to respond to the problems customers encountered, if any. That’s enough reason for me to wait.

If you can comfortably afford the first Duo and want to wow your friends, enjoy it. Expensive toys are fun, provided you can live with the expense and uncertainty. For everyone else, I’d keep the phone that still does its job and let somebody else report back on Apple’s first foldable.

​Tech, Duo, Apple, Iphone 

A candidate for Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District has been arrested for allegedly threatening an attorney, a judge, and their children.

Forty-five-year-old David Redkey allegedly sent threatening messages involving guns via email against a Superior Court judge and an attorney’s office, according to prosecutors.

‘We have the defendant making direct threats to the victims — sending emails, threatening emails, talking about guns.’

Detectives from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Threat Management Unit arrested Redkey on Saturday. He was booked into jail and given a $150,000 bond.

Officials said Redkey admitted during questioning that he sent the threats.

Court records indicate Redkey was charged with multiple counts of threatening or intimidating and one count of computer tampering.

“We have some victims being threatened. One of the victims [is] a judge, another an attorney, and, by extension, their children. And frankly, your honor, by extension, those in public service,” said a prosecutor in court.

“We have the defendant making direct threats to the victims — sending emails, threatening emails, talking about guns,” the prosecutor added. “A gun which was never recovered, your honor. That’s a great concern for the state.”

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office asked for Redkey’s arrest records to be sealed in order to protect the information of the victims.

Redkey was a public school teacher.

RELATED: Activists RAGE against Democrat who admits hiding LGBTQ+ support to appease Muslims

Redkey is a candidate on the ballot for the Green Party, but the Arizona Green Party rejects his candidacy.

A spokesperson for the party said the party opposed Redkey “due to a consistent pattern of abusive behavior that had him banned from the Arizona Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of Phoenix.”

The candidate’s website says he’s running to put “people over profits” and restore “integrity to government.”

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Arizona, Green party, Threats, Politics