Stembridge News Digest

  • New doc 'Get the Jew' confronts anti-Semitism, media bias Sun, 06 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000


    The New York Times, the Atlantic, and CNN have all gone Hollywood, creating documentary divisions that align with their progressive worldviews.

    Why not the Wall Street Journal?

    'It’s incredible that the New York Times, managed and run by Jews, chose to report it that way. Why is there that bias?'

    “We feel there should be something on our side,” says veteran filmmaker Michael Pack, the writer/director/producer of “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words.”

    It’s why he joined forces with the WSJ’s opinion section to create docu-shorts on topics progressive filmmakers won’t touch. First up? The Crown Heights riots.

    Tragic story

    On August 19, 1991, a Jewish man accidentally drove into two black children, killing young Gavin Cato. Riots broke out across the New York City neighborhood, spiking already tense relations between black and Jewish residents. Lemrick Nelson, who is black, stabbed Jewish scholar Yankel Rosenbaum to death during the three-day melee.

    Then-Mayor David Dinkins did little to stop the chaos targeting the Jewish community. Sound familiar?

    “’Get the Jew’: The Crown Heights Riot Revisited” takes us back to those tumultuous days. The featurette, available for free Oct. 7 via YouTube and outside the WSJ’s paywall, lets key figures from the era recall that tragic New York story.

    Horribly prescient

    Pack says the Crown Heights riots offered a “timely” tale for the first short out of the gate, but the project proved horribly prescient.

    “We didn’t know that another Jew would be stabbed in Crown Heights weeks before we finished the film,” Pack says. “[The attacker] was shouting, ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Do you want to die?’ The issue is different, but the anti-Semitism remains.”

    “Get the Jew” recalls how the Rev. Al Sharpton played a consequential role in the riots, with critics suggesting he doused the city’s fires with rhetorical gasoline. Sharpton appears in the docu-short to explain his presence in the saga.

    “He does a very good job defending his position. … He knows how to handle difficult questions,” Pack says of the MSNBC host. “It’s a cornerstone of these films. We give everybody a chance to make their case.”

    The docuseries hopes to “tell stories in a straightforward manner, not to preach or advocate,” he adds.

    Both sides?

    Part of that story is media bias, another element that speaks to modern times. A New York Times reporter recalls the shock of learning that his employer said both sides were culpable in the chaos.

    That’s not what he saw over that three-day period.

    “It’s a very key part of the narrative, and it is surprising,” Pack says of the media’s coverage at the time. “In those days you would get to a phone booth and call your editor, read the story to him over the phone. [The reporter] was watching this anti-Semitic riot and the New York Times reports it as if there were both sides fighting. That’s not what was happening, as Ari Goldman, then reporter, recognized.”

    “It’s incredible that The New York Times, managed and run by Jews, chose to report it that way,” he adds. “Why is there that bias? You can see that today in how they report on what Israel does versus what Hamas or Iran does.”

    Another chilling note in the film? How Mayor Dinkins let the chaos rage without attempting to restore law and order, echoing the inaction by Gov. Tim Walz during the 2020 George Floyd riots.

    “[Dinkins] himself isn’t anti-Semitic, but he felt, in my opinion, that politically he couldn’t act,” Pack says. The mayor eventually called in police to quell the riots, but it happened only after protesters hurled debris at both him and the chief of police during a press conference.

    'An easy sell'

    Actor Tim Blake Nelson of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” fame narrates “Get the Jew.” Nelson portrayed the title character in dramatic re-enactments in Pack’s “Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power,” originally on PBS, now streaming on Amazon

    The filmmaker thought the actor matched the material well.

    “He’s very interested in politics and is an open-minded person,” Pack says of the versatile actor. “He’s been involved in causes like stopping anti-Semitism. This was an easy sell for him.

    Pack says the current plan is to produce from three to six WSJ docu-shorts a year. That’s in addition to his work as head of Palladium Pictures. That new enterprise finds Pack and his son, Thomas Pack, producing feature-length documentaries that aren’t likely to come from Hollywood Inc.

    The company’s WSJ alliance is only part of the big picture. The company is producing feature-length documentaries and serving as an “incubator” for “right-of-center, non-woke filmmakers.” It’s all about stories that won’t be told by mainstream filmmakers.

    “The goal is to reach the center,” he adds.

  • AI has shown us the face of Christ. Will it bring more to the faith? Sun, 06 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000


    Every generation gets to choose whether or not to abandon Christianity. In 2,000 years, no generation has fully walked away.

    The irony is hard to miss: The very tool we feared might render faith obsolete has given us the most human image of Jesus yet. Science, thought to replace God, is now part of the process that brings us back to Him.

    Christianity isn’t merely a story that’s been retold for millennia; it is the story. It’s the one that never grows old, never fades with the times.

    Sometimes, the new chapters of this story come in the most unexpected ways. A recent example is how the Shroud of Turin — a centuries-old relic long thought to be a medieval hoax — found its way back into the public conversation.

    Best of all, it wasn’t a miracle that rekindled interest in the cloth. It was science.

    From skepticism to wonder

    For decades, modern skepticism relegated the Shroud of Turin to the realm of medieval forgery, debunked by carbon-dating tests in the 1980s.

    Science was supposed to bring clarity, to expose the myths that faith had built. But here we are again. The Shroud has returned, and this time, it is technology itself that has reignited the mystery.

    Former "Saturday Night Live" star and recent Catholic convert Rob Schneider was so inspired by his encounter with the relic that's he's making a movie about it. "It breathed life into me," he explains.

    It’s not just Schneider. The Shroud’s reappearance on the world stage reveals something far bigger.

    Science, which was once so sure it could unmask religion’s mysteries, is now revealing new layers. Tiny particles of pollen, identified through advanced equipment, suggest that the cloth’s origins trace back to the Middle East — specifically Israel. New scientific methods like wide-angle X-ray scattering dated the Shroud far earlier than previously thought — around A.D. 55.

    The lines between myth and reality are blurring. Science, once believed to be Christianity’s greatest adversary, is suddenly taking a seat at the table of faith.

    AI gave us the face of the Lord

    But it’s not just relics like the Shroud that are undergoing a digital transformation. Technology is now playing a central role in how we encounter faith.

    The face of Jesus — something people have dreamed of, imagined, and painted for millennia — has been recreated by artificial intelligence. Using data from the Shroud and other sources, AI systems have attempted to render what may be the most accurate depiction of Christ’s face.

    It’s a face that’s both familiar and new. The long hair, the beard, the haunting eyes — eyes that seem to look into not just the world but each of us, individually, deeply.

    The irony is hard to miss: The very tool we feared might render faith obsolete has given us the most human image of Jesus yet. Science, thought to replace God, is now part of the process that brings us back to Him.

    As we hurtle deeper into the digital age, we’ve been conditioned to seek meaning in data, in pixels and screens, in algorithms that shape our reality.

    And yet these same tools are leading us back to questions that are profoundly ancient. The face of Christ, now digitized and rendered in high definition, serves as a reminder: The divine is not so easily replaced.

    Back to the heart of belief

    For centuries, the Christian faith has thrived on a core paradox: to believe without seeing. When the apostle Thomas doubted the resurrection, Jesus appeared and offered his wounds as proof. "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed," He added (John 20:29).

    He was talking about us. You and me.

    Now, in the 21st century, science is offering glimpses of what once seemed impossible to prove.

    While we may never confirm the Shroud’s authenticity beyond a shadow of a doubt, the mere possibility forces us to grapple with something bigger. Faith isn’t about what’s seen — it’s about what transcends sight. And sometimes, when technology allows us to glimpse the mysteries of old, it invites us to marvel rather than dismiss.

    The resurrection has always tested human comprehension. It’s a story of victory over death, a promise at the heart of the Christian faith.

    As AI constructs the face of Christ and science re-examines ancient relics, the digital world and the divine collide in unexpected ways. We aren’t abandoning faith; we’re rediscovering it through the very tools meant to replace it, tools that allow us to stare deeply into that unmistakable face, those never-ending eyes.

  • How a beloved children's cartoon turns fathers into mothers — and what the Bible says about it Sun, 06 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000


    As the Western world catches collective amnesia around the profile of the historic father, we’ve begun to move past portrayals of fathers as the bumbling idiot of shows in the 1980s and 1990s to a new kind of engaged, empathetic, and present father.

    There’s only one problem with this new ideal father: He embodies almost all of the elements of the traditional mother, purged of the essence of elements from the historic father.

    The poster child for this new depiction can be found in the mega-popular kids program "Bluey." The dad, Bandit, is seen as a constantly nurturing, always-present playmate to his two daughters, Bluey and Bingo. He’s so present, in fact, that fans of the show often joke about when Bandit finds time to work, and in the show, it’s clear that the mother has less time to play than the dad.

    Our culture LOVES this depiction of fatherhood. It empties the father character of all the elements of the traditionally masculine father we’ve grown uncomfortable with, and at the same time, it provides freedom for the mother to get out in the world and explore her individual passions.

    Everyone wins, right? Well, it depends.

    God created the concept of male and female to create the kind of family that would maximize fruitfulness and multiplication and that over generations of collective effort would subdue and rule the created order.

    It depends on whether there’s an objective ideal of fatherhood and motherhood, and if there is, then symbolic depictions seeking to reverse these objective profiles are problematic.

    Embracing these kinds of portrayals, especially in a highly symbolic medium like in a cartoon, will go a long way in shaping our intuition around the essence of these roles.

    Now today, almost no one thinks there are objective ideals to these archetypes, and if they are right — and they personally resonate with the father, mother, and daughter depictions in "Bluey" — then everything I’m about to say will be dissonant and probably offensive.

    So let me say from the outset that, even in the conservative Christian world, my position is a tiny minority, maybe less than 1%. So feel free to stop reading if you’re getting triggered.

    Let me lay out three premises I believe about this topic, and if you disagree with any of these, you’ll likely disagree with my conclusion.

    1. Masculinity and femininity are not social constructs or primarily biological concepts but are family concepts designed to create a certain dynamic and to construct a highly functional multigenerational family team.
    2. The Bible presents meta descriptions of masculinity/fatherhood and femininity/motherhood through symbolic characters primarily rooted in the story of Genesis.
    3. Meta depictions of these roles are good and necessary to give culture at large something concrete to aim at even, though all of us as individuals will find some elements of these roles dissonant with our desires or even our innate wiring.

    I derive my first premise from the theological principle of first mention. When God created male and female, he actually revealed the purpose for gender, and that was to create a certain kind of family team.

    “So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    male and female he created them.

    And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth" (Genesis 1:27-28 ESV).

    God created the concept of male and female to create the kind of family that would maximize fruitfulness and multiplication and that over generations of collective effort would subdue and rule the created order. Genesis 1 does not yet give us content around the different male and female roles, only that male and female combine to achieve the purposes of the family.

    The second premise is that Genesis gives meta descriptions of the various parts of the family, and these meta roles can be seen in the Hebrew names given to the people.

    "Adam" = Man or Humanity
    "Eve" = Giver of Life

    But since we’re focusing here on fatherhood, the most important person comes when we meet a man named Abram.

    "Abram" = Exalted Father

    Abram is literally described in our language as a meta father. As he progresses in this role, his name is elevated again to Abraham, or father of many nations.

    One struggle that Greek-minded people often have is to think "meta" means ideal or model. Abram is not the perfect father. He’s the meta father. We understand the elements of how God interacts with both the specific father Abram and the concept of fatherhood through the Genesis narrative.

    I’ve learned that this idea is highly intuitive to people native to the Middle East but endlessly confusing to Western thinkers. That’s why of the three “Abrahamic religions,” Christianity is the one least influenced by Abraham’s depiction of fatherhood — and this is the West’s primary source of fatherhood confusion. Jesus, in one of his parables, referred to Abraham as “Father Abraham,” but — besides a particularly annoying youth group song — Christians do not think of Abraham through the lens of fatherhood. We see him more as an individual historic man of faith.

    This lack of a symbolic depiction of fatherhood has untethered the concept of fatherhood and masculinity from anything objective and leaves us vulnerable to following the ever-changing depictions of fatherhood and masculinity invented by modern cultural sensibilities.

    This brings me to my third premise and back to "Bluey."

    I first heard of red flags in "Bluey" from my two teenage daughters, who watched an episode after hearing from so many Christian families who loved the show — and they immediately saw what was happening.

    You might think that 'Bluey' is a wonderful depiction of fatherhood, but please don’t be naive about the power of symbolic depictions, especially ones aimed at children.

    Their first statement was something like, “They treat their dad like a plaything.”

    I then watched one three-minute clip on YouTube from a different episode and saw what they were so alarmed by.

    There are hundreds of interesting elements of fatherhood that one can glean from studying how God interacts with the meta father (Abram), but I’m pretty sure Bandit is in no way tethered to this understanding of fatherhood.

    And this tethering is not hard to do. When I’m in the Middle East, I see it everywhere. All the good and toxic depictions of fatherhood I see from those native to this region I recognize as coming from these Abrahamic stories. It’s increasingly hard to see in the Christian West.

    We need to get into the details of the beautiful biblical balancing of the life-giving presence of motherhood and the training, territory expanding, and leadership of fatherhood.

    But let me say one more thing that concerns me.

    One reaction I’ve received is from people who think it’s absurd to criticize a cartoon. You might think that "Bluey" is a wonderful depiction of fatherhood, but please don’t be naive about the power of symbolic depictions, especially ones aimed at children.

    We spend almost one-third of our lives experiencing symbolic depictions in our dreams, and most of our entertainment is created by watching stories filled with meta characters and what they symbolize. Symbols tend to bypass our conscious awareness and form our intuitions about the nature of truth and reality. These symbols include things like numbers, colors, animals, objects, shapes, and storylines. The Bible is full of these kinds of symbols, and most Western Christians are totally unaware of their power. When Jesus says things like “how many baskets did we pick up” after the feeding of the 5,000 and 4,000 and the disciples reply, "12" and "seven," he expected his disciples — and us — to immediately get the symbolic significance of what he did. But we don’t.

    And in the same way, creating a daughter named Bluey using the color blue is totally lost on us. It goes right past our conscious awareness. If we do think about it, we think it’s cool that they’re reversing the gender stereotype of colors. We’re playing checkers with those who are playing chess, and we’ve been checkmated over and over again.

    Editor's note: This essay was originally published by Jeremy Pyror on his Substack and was republished with permission.

  • Satanists worship Satan for real, whether they believe it or not Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000


    Why does the media support satanic abortions?

    The Economist is the latest outlet to celebrate Satanism and its nomination of abortion as a sacred rite. Like so many others, the article profiles the Satanic Temple's founder with a tone of reverence. The Washington Post indulges in similar coverage, exploring everything from its "revolutionary roots" to a live-blogged abortion, as though this were just another milestone in progressive politics.

    Perhaps the most absurd claim from the Temple is that adherents don't 'really' believe in Satan. But how does an avowed satanist engage in satanic rituals without acknowledging Satan?

    PolitiFact, part of Poynter's "fact-checking" empire, once again joins in with a fluff piece disguised as objective reporting. Over and over, media outlets portray the Satanic Temple as a champion of religious freedom and abortion rights.

    Its telehealth service offers medication and "abortion care," which the press portrays as some bold exercise of liberty. Meanwhile, more honest sources see it for what it is: open antagonism toward Christian values, dressed up as mischievous rebellion.

    The Economist claims the Satanic Temple is battling "Christian encroachment" in public life, while the Atlantic frames the movement as a "satanic rebellion," comparing it to Satan’s original fall from grace.

    This is the language of warfare.

    The Guardian applauds the Temple's "fight against the religious right.” Vice literally frames the issue as “Satanists v. Republicans.” In doing so, the outlets establish the actual dichotomy at play: In their fight against Republicans and Christianity, Democrats ally with Satan.

    Devil in a blue dress

    LGBTQ+ rights and the Satanic Temple go hand in hand, with the anti-religion placing Black Lives Matter and “social justice” at the forefront of its activism.

    Adherents are pro-vaccine in the name of "science," one of their sacred idols. They protest Christian monuments like the Ten Commandments, often leaving satanic sculptures in their place, as if to mock traditional values.

    They’ve even used loopholes to infiltrate public schools, supposedly to expose the overlap of church and state. But what exactly does that mean in the context of their anti-religious ideology?

    The Satanic Temple’s stated mission includes a tenet about adhering to "scientific understanding."

    It sounds reasonable, until you see its “scientific” understanding at work. Adherents are too selective in their data, too fantastical in their logic, too elusive in their methods, too uneven in their irony, too bitter in their discourse. Under these conditions, politics is merely a tool of the deceiver.

    Ironic worship?

    Perhaps the most absurd claim from the Temple is that adherents don't “really” believe in Satan. The Atlantic smugly informs readers of this point. But how does an avowed satanist engage in satanic rituals without acknowledging Satan?

    They claim to be atheists or “non-theistic,” but their devotion to Satan — a mythological character, they say — is unmistakable. They hold religious services and rituals, and they pray, or a version of prayer. They also enjoy “satanic picnics, and the occasional orgy.”

    If they were truly godless, they wouldn’t fixate so obsessively on Christianity. The Satanic Temple’s ultimate goal is to undermine Christ’s kingdom.

    Adherents' true aim is secularism — a complete dismantling of Christianity, with abortion as their sacrament. They twist the literary and biblical Satan into a rebellious hero, ignoring the fact that this figure has always represented rebellion against God, the very source of life.

    Because the Satanic Temple's assault is more than just political theater: It’s yet another reminder that Satan’s domain thrives on lies and deception. Followers of Satan have no problem with falsehoods. You won’t find any mention of “truth” in their screeds about “scientific understanding.”

    As Paul writes in Ephesians, Christians must “put away falsehood" and speak truthfully. While Satan sows division and death, Christians must stand firm in the belief that truth, rooted in God, will ultimately set us free.

    Exceptions for radicals

    Satanism serves as a leftist parody of religion, thriving on mockery and inversion. Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" is their playbook. Alinsky dedicated his work to Satan, the "original rebel."

    Rule 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”

    This schtick is distinctly, well, satanic. Make it seem like “trolling,” a kind of political mockery. NPR even declared: “When they write the bible on the great trolls of history, the Satanic Temple should be on the cover.”

    The media typically admire that satanists take ridicule to unprecedented heights, even gaining tax-exempt status and providing an official app available in Apple and Google app stores.

    Or how the Satanic Temple is headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts, site of the Salem witch trials. The building includes an eight-foot statue of Baphomet, an early representation of Satan — the horned, goat-hoofed, angel-winged idol worshiped by pagans.

    Ha ha ha … good one.

    Ritual sacrifice

    Their ridicule lacks all dignity and humor. Satanists twist everything upside down.

    Their rituals mock Christianity; their philosophy contradicts the sacred. They hate not just Christians but Christ Himself. In place of faith, they celebrate pornography, euthanasia, and debauchery.

    Their liturgical life is a parody of Catholicism. They “unbaptize,” they pray in reverse, they perform black masses. It’s all a perverse reflection of Christian worship, ending not with communion but with the sacrifice of the unborn, a deliberate inversion of birth.

    It’s a strategy similar to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who mocked the Christian faith with impunity and were celebrated by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

    Satanism’s only true “creed” is opposition. Its rituals are empty negations of Christian practices, its activism a hollow rejection of God’s law.

    Defend us in battle

    The Satanic Temple and other movements that promote abortion rights in the name of autonomy are in fact beholden to an anti-freedom.

    Christians know that Satan cannot create life — he only destroys. He may offer seductive ideas cloaked in equality or liberty, but his goal is always to eradicate the value of human life, which stands at the core of God’s creation.

    Scripture tells us that Satan "was a murderer from the beginning" (John 8:44), and his mission has never changed. His followers don’t realize that their master is a horrible accomplice; just ask Judas. Paul’s warning in 2 Corinthians is especially relevant here: Satan has “blinded the minds of the unbelievers,” keeping them from seeing the light of Christ.

    But despite the satanists' chaos and noise, the Christian message is simple but profound: Love and life, rooted in God’s truth, will always triumph over the forces of chaos and death. Satan offers nothing but division and death. Christ offers redemption and love.

  • 'Vegan leather'? For car interiors, nothing beats the real thing Sun, 06 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0000


    When you pick up a pair of good leather shoes, or a bag, or a jacket, the first thing you notice is that beautiful, unmistakable smell. There's nothing like it.

    It's a smell you rarely encounter when you get into a new car, even if the interior vaguely looks like leather. Instead, your nose fills with the aroma of off-gassing plastic.

    Plastic breaks a lot quicker than leather — it crumbles with flakes, and, when that happens, it's not repairable.

    And that's because "vegan leather" or "faux leather" or "leatherette" or "pleather" or whatever a car company wants to call it has never even come near to an actual animal hide.

    Let's call it what it is: 100% petroleum-based plastic. How's that for "sustainable"?

    Last month, I went to Italy at the invitation of Is It Leather?, a global campaign to educate consumers about leather, one of the oldest materials used by humans. Contrary to what environmental and animal-rights activists say, it's renewable, practical, and humane.

    My destination was Lineapelle, the massive international leather trade show held in Milan. There, I met with some of the finest leather crafters and companies in the world. It was an eye-opening experience and a reminder that no matter how some brands try to trick you, nothing beats the real thing.

    Our journey started in Pompeii, in the ruins of a tannery dating back to the first century. The ancient Romans used urine to tan their hides; in modern times, we've switched to chemicals such as chromium. Now, that process does produce a fair amount of pollutants, but in recent years leather-makers have pioneered the use of organic compounds like olive leaf extract.

    While in Milan, I had a chance to talk with leather crafter and influencer Tanner Leatherstein about something consumers encounter when buying a car. You open the door and look at the interior and seats, and they tell you, "That's Napa leather."

    Does that mean anything — or is it just a sales pitch?

    Napa leather (so called because it comes from a process pioneered in Napa, California), Leatherstein tells me, is a type of finish "they apply on top of the leather. In automotive, you need a really thick layer of finish for ... resistance and durability."

    But Napa leather starts with high-quality, full-grain leather, which means it doesn't need as much finish as lesser-quality hides.

    "You can almost think it in terms of makeup," says Leatherstein. "If the hide is too full of imperfections because it's an animal scratching itself everywhere, you need a lot of makeup to make it standardized looking, which means a lot of plastics to cover it."

    "But if you have naturally clean hides, which is maybe 10 or 5% of the entire hide population, it doesn't require a lot of makeup because it's naturally beautiful. So now you can accomplish this nice look with a minimal layer of plastic finish on top, [meeting] the requirements, yet you still enjoy that natural chaotic look of the grain, the leather grain."

    So if you hear a car interior has Napa leather, that's a good sign. "There's a lot of trickery going on in car interiors," says Leatherstein. "As a consumer, when I'm buying a luxury car I expect real leather, but unfortunately car brands using these plastic materials with leather in the name, and a lot of people think it's leather."

    Real leather isn't just nicer, its better for the environment, Leatherstein tells me. "Plastic breaks a lot quicker than leather — it crumbles with flakes, and, when that happens, it's not repairable. You just have to trash it, and plastic doesn't go anywhere — it turns into microplastics, which go into the water and the soil; it goes into your plants and vegetables."

    I also met up with saddlemaker and leatherworker Ben Geisler, who walked me through all the various animal hide used to make leather, from cow and sheep, to pig and shark and even alligator.

    For more on my time learning about leather in Italy, watch the video here:

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  • Biden’s lax border policies unleash 647,000 criminal aliens Sun, 06 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0000


    Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Patrick Lechleitner revealed in a letter to Congress last week that 425,431 migrants with criminal convictions — which include charges such as rape, murder, assault, and drug possession — have been released into American communities. Lechleitner also noted that another 222,141 migrants who were allowed into the United States currently face criminal charges in U.S. courts. None of these individuals are currently in ICE custody.

    This means 647,572 convicted and accused criminal aliens are currently free in the United States. For those who argue that the 222,141 individuals facing criminal charges are innocent until proven guilty, you’re correct. However, upwards of 98% of criminal cases in U.S. courts result in a guilty plea or conviction. Based on these statistics, roughly 217,000 of the 222,141 individuals facing charges are likely to be convicted.

    Team Biden is more committed to 'helping' foreigners than it is in protecting American citizens from threats to their safety and national security.

    To put these numbers in perspective, Boston has a population of 675,647, and Washington, D.C., has 689,545 residents. Cities like Rochester, New York; Richmond, Virginia; and Spokane, Washington all have populations between 200,000 and 225,000. Thanks to the Biden administration’s refusal to exclude ineligible foreign nationals, we now have enough criminal aliens to fill a medium-sized U.S. city.

    You might be asking yourself, “How could the federal government miss nearly 700,000 convicted and potential alien criminals?” The simple answer is by willfully ignoring the immigration laws of the United States.

    The Biden administration doesn’t like the Immigration and Nationality Act, the law that dictates when and how foreigners can enter the United States and how long they can stay. Under our system, if an administration doesn’t agree with a particular law, it lobbies Congress to draft and vote on a new bill. But that hasn’t happened with immigration. Even though Americans have repeatedly expressed their desire for secure borders and safe communities, that doesn’t align with the Biden administration’s worldview.

    For more than three years, the Biden administration has assured Americans that everything is OK at the southern border, all while turning the Department of Homeland Security into a concierge and taxi service for border crossers. The administration has been unapologetically allowing criminals, terrorists, and Lord knows who else to enter the country, all while smiling and telling the public, “Don’t worry, you’re safe! All those military-aged men crossing the border just want asylum and the American dream. And besides, we’re carefully vetting them all.”

    Of course, Lechleitner’s letter shows that little to no vetting has taken place. That’s not surprising. Anyone with experience in immigration enforcement will tell you it’s impossible to thoroughly vet that many people so quickly. In fact, anyone with common sense should be able to tell you that. But when it comes to border security and immigration policy, common sense has been in short supply lately.

    To the extent that the corporate media covers this story at all, it will engage in theatrical handwringing and attempt to blame everything from xenophobia to capitalism. But this issue stems directly from the choice to ignore binding laws duly enacted by Congress. This means the problem never had to exist in the first place. The Immigration and Nationality Act grants the president more than enough authority to restore order at the border, if only Joe Biden would use it.

    Doing so would ensure that asylum is reserved for people genuinely persecuted by their home governments. Right now, the Biden administration is making a mockery of America’s legitimate responsibilities under international humanitarian law. We’re not helping people who are actually facing persecution, because a rogue chief executive has unlawfully turned asylum into a “get across the border free” pass.

    Anyone who prefers to be in the United States rather than their own country is taking advantage of our corrupted asylum system. Meanwhile, U.S. citizens are paying the price, both in blood and treasure, for uninvited guests — many of whom have repaid our kindness with violent, criminal behavior.

    But Team Biden is more committed to “helping” foreigners than it is in protecting American citizens from threats to their safety and national security. Therefore, we should all be asking ourselves how many more Kate Steinles, Laken Rileys, and Rachel Morins it is going to take before the White House and Congress put their heads together and do something to stop this insanity?

  • 10 tactics to beat even the pushiest car salesman Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000


    Buying a car is a battle between you and the salesperson — and it isn't a fair fight.

    Car salesmen do this every day, honing the high-pressure sales pitches they use to get you to buy — on their terms. The average consumer, on the other hand, enters this arena maybe once every five years.

  • Man gets bashed in the head while he's helping 2 teens with flat tire, pair takes off, and harrowing police chase follows Sat, 05 Oct 2024 23:00:00 +0000


    Police in Palestine, Texas, said officers responded to the 100 block of Crockett Road just after 11:30 p.m. Monday in reference to an assault, and a victim told police he was struck in the head while trying to help two people with a flat tire there.

    The victim added to police that the suspects left the scene in a white pickup. Palestine is about 100 miles west of Waco.

    During a search of the vehicle, officers located in the driver compartment a Glock handgun that had been altered with an automatic switch and also was reported stolen.

    Soon officers noticed a white GMC pickup with a flat tire traveling on East Park Avenue near Crockett Road. Officers pulled over the driver, but police said that as they approached the vehicle's door, the driver sped away.

    The vehicle continued to evade officers for nearly four miles, police said, until it crashed at the intersection of West Carolina and North Conway Streets.

    The driver — later identified as 18-year-old Kevin Mancera of Palestine — fled the crash on foot, police said. The passenger — 19-year-old Sedonta Lyles of Palestine — was ejected during the crash, police said, adding that emergency medical services were called to the scene to treat Lyles. Police said Lyles was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released. Police said Mancera was located and detained a short time later.

    During a search of the vehicle, officers located in the driver compartment a Glock handgun that had been altered with an automatic switch and also was reported stolen, police said. Officers also located in the passenger compartment an AR-15-style pistol. Police said spent shell casings were found on Lyles that match the pistol's caliber.

    Both Lyles and Mancera were taken to the Anderson County jail where they were booked for possession of prohibited weapons, theft of a firearm, and unlawful carrying weapons, police said, adding that Mancera also was charged with evading arrest detention with a vehicle.

    According to KETK-TV, Mancera was being held on a $275,000 bond, and Lyles was being held on a $175,000 bond. Police said additional charges are expected, and the investigation is ongoing.

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  • Carjacking is on the rise; here's how you can protect yourself Sat, 05 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000


    Carjackings are on the rise — and they're no longer just confined to certain cities or neighborhoods.

    Gas stations, parking lots, even the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru — it could happen anywhere.

    Whether you've just arrived somewhere or are about to leave, DON'T linger in your car checking your phone (something we all tend to do). This makes you a target!

    So how can you prevent being a victim — and what should you do if a carjacker targets you?

    Be aware

    The most basic precaution you can take is simply to be aware of the threat. Fear shouldn’t rule your life, but you should always be aware of your security and surroundings the same way you keep an eye on the road.

    Pay attention to who and what is around you. Trust your gut if something doesn't feel right. Avoid contact with pedestrians and other drivers, including eye contact. Do not roll your window down for anyone except those you know and law enforcement officers.

    Secure your vehicle

    Another obvious and simple measure is to keep your car doors and windows closed and locked.

    Also, keep computers, cell phones, purses, wallets, and other valuables on the floor of the car and out of sight.

    Plan ahead

    Plan ahead and think about your reactions to “what if” scenarios. What would you do if the car in front of you slammed on the brakes or if a threatening person approached your car while stopped at a traffic light?

    The carjacker is counting on the element of surprise, but you can counter the attack with a surprise of your own: a calm, quick response to his attempt, such as hitting the gas and getting away.

    Again, trust your instincts. For such a response to a carjacker to be effective, it must be sure and fast.

    And always keep your cell phone out and ready to call 911 if necessary.

    Secure yourself

    Your car is only one aspect of a carjacking. There are several steps you can take personally to make yourself safer and less likely to be a victim of a carjacking:

    • Whether you've just arrived somewhere or are about to leave, DON'T linger in your car checking your phone (something we all tend to do). This makes you a target!
    • Before you exit your car, take a quick look at your surroundings.
    • Before you enter your car, do the same; also make sure nobody is in, behind, or under the car.
    • Add or remove items from your trunk quickly.
    • Park in well-lit, high-traffic areas.
    • Walk from offices or other buildings to vehicles in pairs or larger groups. Or find a security guard to assist you if available.
    • Use valet parking or an attended garage if you’re driving alone.
    • Take your earphones out when pumping gas and walking to and from your vehicle.
    • Watch out for people loitering in the area, handing out flyers, for example, or sitting in parked cars.
    • Don’t park in isolated or visually obstructed areas near walls or heavy foliage.
    • Be especially careful when refueling a rental car on your way to returning it; obvious visitors — and their luggage — make tempting targets.
    • If someone tries to approach you as you near your parked car, change direction, or run to a busy store.
    • If you are bumped in traffic, drive to a busy, well-lit area or a police station. There's always the chance the "accident" was a ruse to get you out of your car.
    • If you have car trouble such as a flat tire or dead battery, call AAA or another roadside assistance service if possible. Exercise reasonable caution when accepting help from a random passerby.

    If you are carjacked

    • Don't resist giving up your car and any possessions or money to an armed or potentialIy armed carjacker. Your priority is to get away.
    • Never agree to be kidnapped. Throw the cars keys and run and scream for help.
    • Once you are safe, call the police immediately to report the crime and provide detailed information about your car.
    • If the carjacker forces you to drive, consider crashing your car near a busy intersection to attract attention so bystanders can come to your aid and call the police.
  • When in Italy: Zipping to Lake Como in an Alfa Romeo Giulia Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000


    EV mandate? Not so fast.

    Last week, the House passed a resolution rejecting the Biden administration's rule imposing strict new emissions standards for American carmakers. The rule would go into effect starting with 2027 model year vehicles.

  • Tupperware: 1946-2024 Sat, 05 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000


    Tupperware — America’s plastic kingpin, the Michael Jackson of kitchenware — is no more.

    Earlier this month, the brand filed for bankruptcy.

    Wise’s genius was in recognizing the untapped potential of housewives as both customers and salespeople. In living rooms across America, women were given new authority over their homes — and their finances.

    Like Jackson, it was once a star, pioneering multilevel marketing and reaping profits in over 100 countries. No kitchenware made it big like Tupperware. But today, it’s more relic than revolution.

    For decades, moms, grandmas, aunts, me-maws, and church ladies swore by their Tupperware, its cracked lids and warped bowls symbols of household lifetimes. In the 1950s, these inflexible bowls became a quiet catalyst for cultural change, advancing women economically and socially in ways few could have predicted.

    The burping bowls that changed America

    Forty years after the invention of plastic, Earl Tupper unveiled his airtight plastic containers. They must have looked like something out of science fiction. Vacuum-sealed with a "burping" lid, Tupperware reshaped the way food was stored. Suddenly, home cooks could keep ingredients fresh longer, experiment with their menus, and stock more diverse fridges.

    But even a brilliant product needs more than innovation to survive.

    The narrative goes that in postwar America, as men commuted to work, women felt marooned in suburbia, trapped in a loop of loneliness, grocery lists, and kitchen chores. By the late 1940s, clever minds at Tupperware decided on a radical marketing shift: They pulled the product from retail shelves and brought it straight to the consumer — one doorbell ring at a time.

    Tupperware parties

    By the 1950s, Tupperware wasn’t just a product; it was a movement. Brownie Wise, the savvy saleswoman who revolutionized Tupperware's business model, pioneered the “party plan.”

    The majority of Tupperware customers were, and always have been, women. So instead of sending salesmen door-to-door, Wise mobilized the most powerful force of all — women gathered in each other’s homes to buy, sell, and chat. These parties weren’t just about bowls and lids; they were social hubs, a festive remedy for suburban isolation.

    Wise’s genius was in recognizing the untapped potential of housewives as both customers and salespeople. In living rooms across America, women were given new authority over their homes — and their finances.

    Feminism in plastic

    The same forces that fueled Tupperware’s rise — the restlessness of suburban housewives and their hunger for autonomy — would soon lead to its decline.

    The postwar isolation these women faced, compounded by the numbing glow of daytime TV and a potent cocktail of tranquilizers, fostered the "problem that has no name," at least according to the second-wave feminists who painted the entire era as hellish.

    For a brief moment, though, Tupperware offered an escape hatch. These communal events were political, in the traditional sense, where Greek citizens would sit around gabbing. But for the 1950s housewife, Tupperware parties were so much more.

    They transformed female friendship and offered women a glimpse of what it meant to be an entrepreneur, opening up a new space between housewife and "career woman."

    Sealing the lid shut

    Ironically, the very empowerment that Tupperware fostered helped hasten its downfall. By the 1960s, as more women had entered the workforce, the cohesive Tupperware gatherings lost their magic. The '80s brought microwave-safe containers, expired Tupperware patents, and the death of Earl Tupper.

    Tupperware would never return to its mid-century heights. By the time the new millennium rolled in, the tides had fully turned.

    Convenience culture demanded single-use, disposable packaging. The environmental movement painted plastic as a villain, and Tupperware found itself stranded on the wrong side of history.

    The pandemic dealt the final blow to Tupperware parties. Once the brand’s lifeblood, they were now relics of a bygone era.

    In June, the last Tupperware factory in the U.S. shut its doors. What once symbolized American ingenuity and entrepreneurship now seems a cautionary tale, a reminder of how easily the disruptors can become the disrupted.

  • EXCLUSIVE: Police chief defends Springfield residents, blasts government’s poor management of migrant crisis Sat, 05 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000


    The government's mishandling of the immigration situation in Springfield, Ohio, has caused otherwise avoidable "turmoil" between residents and Haitian nationals, Tremont City Police Chief Chad Duncan told Blaze News' Julio Rosas.

    Duncan echoed concerns other residents have voiced to Blaze News that local and federal governments have failed to even try to assimilate the foreign nationals into the community's existing culture before flooding the area with such large numbers of new arrivals.

    'It's not good for either side, and that's a shame.'

    Bill Monaghan, a former journalist, recently told Rosas that many locals have self-censored over fears of being labeled racist or intolerant for voicing their concerns. When some have spoken out about lack of housing and increases in traffic accidents, the city has either ignored them or insinuated that their concerns "are based in some sort of misplaced racial antipathy," he stated.

    "Being ignored and being called racist is, I think, a big part of the reason why people are concerned about talking," Monaghan remarked.

    Duncan explained that the situation in Springfield has spilled over into nearby towns, including Tremont City. According to the police chief, many of the surrounding municipalities are trying to crack down on the increase in reckless driving and unlicensed drivers by towing vehicles, but Springfield is not.

    "The impact is that people that shouldn't be driving are out there, and they're allowing them to drive," Duncan told Rosas. "A lot of these people aren't even getting cited after they get in a wreck."

    As a result of the increased traffic accidents, many caused by unlicensed Haitian drivers, insurance rates in the area have gone up, the police chief told Blaze News.

    "People are losing their lives. I mean, it's a big impact," he continued. "I tow their vehicle because that is the only way to get them to stop, or at least try to stop them."

    "I found hitting people's pocketbooks gets their attention, and a tow around here is about $400 when you're all said and done. And then they have the citation to pay for," Duncan noted.

    He told Rosas about an unlicensed individual whom he pulled over and towed his vehicle twice in a two-week period. In one of those instances, the individual was "coming through town at 44 miles an hour in a 25-mile-zone," Duncan said.

    When asked whether Springfield would have towed the driver's vehicle in that situation, Duncan stated police there would not have.

    "If you look at the protective status for these refugees or immigrants," Duncan said, referring to the federal government's Temporary Protected Status program, "if you get two misdemeanors, you are subject to be deported."

    Duncan explained that the driver he stopped had three misdemeanors for operating a vehicle without a license. He questioned whether the individual would be likely to face any real consequences.

    Further creating issues in Tremont City, Duncan stated that he could no longer listen in on the Springfield Police Division's radio frequency since the city started receiving national attention over the immigration crisis. He speculated that the department may have turned it off to reduce criticism by concealing its activity.

    "That makes a huge impact for us, because if they have a shooting in the city or they're on a chase in the city and they end up in the county, and I don't know about it — we've had them come through Tremont at 100 miles an hour. Think about that. That's a 25 mile-an-hour street with little kids walking around on it," he said.

    According to Duncan, all of the issues now facing the community as a result of the massive influx in immigration could have been avoided.

    "There was an alternative way that would have been beneficial to everybody involved," he continued. "I just want everyone to understand that we're not against the Haitians."

    "We understand. Anybody that has a heart, that has any empathy, has any intelligence, when your home country is the way Haiti is right now, you want to get out. You want to find safety, and you want to take care of your family and yourself," Duncan remarked.

    Duncan stated he is frustrated with the government's failure to provide services to assimilate the immigrants. He argued that the Haitian nationals should have first been placed in one centralized location where they were taught English, how to drive, and how to find work before sending them into U.S. communities. He explained that such a process would have avoided placing all the hardship on one community.

    "If they had taken the time, instead of worrying about the elites lining their pockets, and just took the time, this could have went so much smoother and been so much more beneficial to everybody involved," he added.

    Instead, the mishandled situation has caused confusion and frustration for locals and Haitians living in the area, Duncan said.

    "You've got a city that's in absolute turmoil. Everybody's against everybody," he stated.

    Duncan told Rosas that he had recently spoken with a young Haitian woman whom he had pulled over after she had driven around a barricade.

    "She had her license. She had her insurance. She had a registration. Everything was squared away. So obviously, that didn't result in any citations or anything," he explained.

    Duncan stated that he told the young woman, "'I just want you to understand that we're not against you Haitians, okay? We want you to be here. We just don't like the way our government puts you here. It doesn't help you. It doesn't help us.' And she started to cry. She's like, 'I thought you guys just hated us.' I said, 'No, it's not you. It's the way the government does things.'"

    "We kind of built a little bridge there, and that's what it's all about," he said.

    "I don't have a problem with them. I understand what's going on in that country," Duncan said, referring to Haiti.

    "The end result is, we're just going to constantly have turmoil because they haven't adjusted to our culture," he added. "It's not good for either side, and that's a shame."

    After several unanswered calls to the Springfield Police Division, the department told Blaze News in an emailed statement, "Thanks for your interest. I will see what we can get to you, but your deadline is tight and we do not have capacity right now with all the media requests we are getting. We will get back to you as soon as practical."

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  • WATCH: Glenn Beck’s HEATED response after interviewing FEMA agents in North Carolina – 'FEMA is DESPICABLE' Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:30:00 +0000


    Glenn Beck just returned from Asheville, North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene ravaged the coastline in what is being called the deadliest hurricane of the modern era.

    While there, Glenn witnessed the gathering of good-hearted people and organizations aiming to help the countless victims. Individuals, universities, churches, and numerous non-profit humanitarian aid organizations, including Mercury One, assembled to provide relief and assistance to those impacted by the storm.

    What Glenn did not witness, however, was the Federal Emergency Management Agency doing its job.

    In fact, he barely witnessed FEMA at all.

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    During the stint of his stay, he only saw FEMA agents twice. The first time, he saw a FEMA truck parked in a secluded area away from the public eye.

    “We went up to [the agents], and they were sitting under this tree at a card table with folding chairs. They were all in their FEMA vests,” Glenn recounts.

    “And I said, ‘Hey, what are you guys doing out here?’ and the guy said, ‘Well, you know, we just got here last night. ... We couldn't do anything when we got here last night, so today's really our first day, but wow, it took us a lot longer to get here than we thought.”’

    And when Glenn asked what they intended to do now that they had finally arrived, the FEMA agent said that they were planning to “get [victims] registered so they can get some aid,” but they were waiting on their flyers to arrive first.

    Glenn was and still is disgusted by the flippancy of the organization that should be at the forefront of meeting the needs of Americans, whose taxpayer dollars fund the agency.

    The second time he saw FEMA agents, they were building showers — not for displaced victims but rather for volunteers.

    “FEMA is despicable,” says Glenn in disgust. “I don’t like calling people traitors, and I won’t today, but I will tell you — a case could be made that there are a lot of people that are bordering on the line of treason.”

    The people running FEMA are included on that list.

    “FEMA has spent $1.4 billion dollars on [illegal] immigrants ... on rehousing [and] flying these illegals in without your knowledge,” says Glenn.

    But what do American citizens who just lost everything get when tragedy strikes?

    FEMA is offering an embarrassing $750 to the victims.

    “$750 for these people who have been paying taxes — hardworking, regular people — and you can’t even fly a helicopter in to get people off their roofs, and you show up a week late,” Glenn condemns.

    Why such a low amount?

    Apparently, it’s because “they’re out of money,” says Glenn, noting that illegal immigrants were given cell phones, debit cards, hotel stays, free food, free health care, and every other resource.

    On top of that, President Biden’s arrival “stopped our rescue helicopters from rescuing people for four hours.”

    To hear more about the horrors Glenn witnessed in North Carolina, watch the clip above.

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  • Studio sidelines Clint Eastwood swan song 'Juror #2' Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000


    Courage is contagious.

    Dennis Quaid hit the publicity trail for “Reagan” a few months back, never hiding the fact that he supports Donald Trump in the November election. It’s the kind of statement that can stop a career cold, even when the star in question has decades of audience goodwill — as Quaid has.

  • Blaze News original: How violent, bullying leftists behave after getting bruising justice — or when they don't get their way Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000


    Among the many stomach-turning traits of militant leftists like Antifa and their ilk is that they tend to be supremely entitled and pathologically incapable of empathy. There is no other "side," no other point of view, and nothing else to consider. Their radical leftism is the only game in town.

    It's a dangerous point of view, mainly because it contributes to making their criminal behavior — which often involves physically harming those who stand up against them or who are just in their way in that moment — perfectly acceptable in their minds.

    'You guys want to criminalize us with metal detectors? We'll see you at your house. We'll murder you.'

    The fallout happens when such leftists receive bruising justice in return, whether the comeuppance goes down in the streets or in courtrooms — and yes, even during public meetings when they don't get their way.

    Over and over again, we've seen these ingredients — entitlement, a gang mentality, a propensity for violence, and lack of empathy — get shaken together to create a volatile cocktail that, in the end, explodes in the face of the left.

    The following are some of the more jaw-dropping lowlights.

    Female Antifa ringleader found guilty of orchestrating riot; loyal comrade arrested outside courthouse after verdict — on assault charge


    An Antifa ringleader based in Portland, Oregon, was found guilty Aug. 14 of felony riot, disorderly conduct in the second degree, and unlawful use of mace in the second degree in connection with 2021 riot in a park in neighboring Clackamas County.

    Self-described independent journalist Alissa Eleanor Azar was front and center when Antifa disrupted a conservative voter registration drive in Clackamette Park in Oregon City. Video evidence showed Azar using bear mace against a woman, according to the Post Millennial. She pushed Antifa's action on social media, and Clackamas County Deputy District Attorney Josh Cutino said Antifa was looking for a fight.

    An Oregon City cop testified that his team discovered homemade explosive devices and riot shields in the area where Antifa had gathered, prompting bomb squad involvement.

    After the verdict was announced, the Post Millennial and the Federalist reported that another infamous Antifa militant, John Hacker, allegedly attacked a man outside the courthouse, causing the man to bleed from the face.

    "I crossed the street, and John Hacker’s there, and I was like, 'I think I just saw you assault him,'" Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West told the Federalist. "John tries to evade, police end up arresting him."

    West said the victim "was bleeding pretty profusely. He was dazed. I got him off the ground, sat him up, tried to provide some direct pressure. Then Antifa came out and were yelling threatening things to me and making threats to me and my person while I was giving my report to law enforcement."

    Hacker was charged with assault, went to the Clackamas County Jail, and was denied bail.

    Pro-Palestinian radical at city council meeting threatens to 'murder' city council members. As you might guess, it doesn't end well for the lass.


    A pro-Palestinian activist during a Bakersfield, California, city council meeting threatened to "murder" city council members. As you might guess, the threat didn't end well for her.

    Members of United Liberation Front, a group of pro-Palestinian radicals, had been attending the bi-weekly city council meetings. They demand the city adopt — or at least introduce — a resolution supporting a ceasefire in Gaza, and they often have become disruptive as the council thus far has refused to cooperate.

    During the April 10 meeting, one ULF member — 28-year-old Riddhi Patel — impugned city leaders during two separate speeches. In her first speech, she said, "I hope one day somebody brings a guillotine and kills all of you motherf***ers," apparently spitting as she walked away from the podium. In her second speech, she said, "You guys want to criminalize us with metal detectors? We'll see you at your house. We'll murder you."

    With that, Mayor Karen Goh announced that Patel made a "threat" and asked officers to "escort" her out.

    You can view Patel in action during the city council meeting here. She speaks just after the 30-minute mark, and she speaks again just before the 47-minute mark; it was just after Patel's second set of remarks that she was arrested and charged with 16 felonies: eight counts of threatening with intent to terrorize and eight counts of threatening elected public officials. She ended up in custody on a bond of at least $1 million.

    Days later in court, Patel was far from the firebrand she portrayed at the city council meeting; instead she was wearing a brown jail uniform and weeped uncontrollably. A judge ruled on Oct. 1 that her case would proceed.

    Heavily armed leftists surround, threaten lone Portland motorist. But when fed-up driver points his own gun at them, all hell breaks loose.


    Heavily armed leftists apparently acting as security for a march in Portland on May 5, 2021, pointed their guns at a lone motorist and threatened him before the fed-up driver exited his truck and pointed his own gun at them — and then all hell broke loose.

    The large group of marching leftist militants reportedly gathered to remember Patrick Kimmons, a black man fatally shot by Portland police in 2018.

    But a vehicle apparently leading the group came upon a pickup truck driver who was traveling toward the marchers, and the lead vehicle blocked the driver's path — and in seconds, numerous militants descended upon the pickup truck driver and began threatening him.

    The thing is, though, the driver had a gun, too — and the heavily armed militants didn't like that one bit. "You better f***ing not!" one leftist was heard yelling at the driver. "Put your f***ing gun down!" The driver, standing behind his truck door, pointed at one particularly well-strapped leftist and twice yelled back, "You got about five seconds to lower that f***ing weapon!"

    The lone driver — who faced about a half-dozen armed leftists in the standoff — jawed with the hostile group, calling them "c**ksuckers" and "f***in' idiots" and repeatedly ordering them to "shut up." One leftist told the driver that his "vehicle is a deadly weapon" — which didn't go over too well with the driver, who noted all the rifles pointed in his direction.

    As the driver got back into this truck and began to move past the militants, one leftist called him a "f***ing Nazi" as others demanded he "get outta here!" Then just before he reached the intersection — apparently after one of the leftists hit or threw something at his truck — the driver stopped, got out, and confronted the group. The situation grew tense, with many people screaming, and the driver grabbed his gun and moved forward on one of the rifle-wielding leftists — who promptly shoved the driver backward.

    With that, the driver regained his footing and drew his gun on the group, but he soon was tackled from behind, after which numerous militants piled on him. Then the driver was requesting an ambulance, asking for his gun back, and telling the leftists that he's a disabled Marine.

    Cop drives motorcycle into left-wing protester blocking his path, pushing her up road and knocking her down — and her comrades lose their minds


    A crowd of left-wing protesters tried having their way with a lone police officer on the night of Oct. 2, 2020, in Portland, Oregon — but he was having none of it.

    The officer had pulled over two vehicles blocking traffic, police told the Oregonian. Video — which you can view here — shows protesters converging upon the scene. The lone, completely outnumbered officer then found himself facing down numerous protesters who inched their way toward him. "Back up!" he hollered repeatedly at them.

    The driver of one of the vehicles he pulled over took off. But when the cop got on his motorcycle and prepared to pursue the driver, a couple of protesters stood in his way. One positioned herself directly in front of his motorcycle — her legs literally straddling the path of his front wheel. The officer was undeterred, however, and pushed the protester with his motorcycle up the road until she tumbled to the street, after which he sped away.

    Right on cue, comrades of the knocked-down protester predictably flipped out and chased after the officer on foot while unleashing enraged howls.

    More from the Oregonian:

    Live videos from the scene showed officers approach the crowd to check if the person needed medical attention. An argument ensued, and at least one person was detained during the encounter.

    Police said Saturday afternoon that the protester struck by the motorcycle was eventually taken to the hospital and later booked on charges of rioting, interfering with a peace officer and second-degree disorderly conduct. Police did not provide an update on the person's medical status. Police said they were booked into jail later than initially planned because someone had slashed the police vehicles' tires in the hospital parking lot.

    Leftists who apparently see themselves as part of an army actually cry out, 'Medic! Medic!' as cops push them back following failed mission to topple Andrew Jackson statue


    While National Park Police in Washington, D.C., lined up and pushed leftist protesters out of Lafayette Square Park on the evening of June 22, 2020 — following their failed attempt to pull down a statue of Andrew Jackson — one video caught a rather astonishing reaction from the vanquished demonstrators.

    As if they see themselves as actual soldiers on the field of battle, a number of utterly defeated comrades were heard crying out, "Medic! Medic!" in the face of their bruised bodies and egos. Bless their hearts. Check out the video here.

    Another clip showed the depressing aftermath as the limping army of history-erasers hacked up their lungs, tried to catch their collective breath, and licked their wounds. One person was heard loudly inquiring, "Anybody here need medical attention?"

    Plug your ears! Leftist repeatedly screams in high-pitched fashion at San Francisco leaders during public meeting in protest of black trans fatal shooting


    A left-wing activist screamed out her lungs for an extended period of time during public comment at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on May 2, 2023, in the wake of a controversial fatal shooting.

    The black trans individual who was shot — 24-year-old Banko Brown — allegedly tried to steal from a local Walgreens around 6:30 p.m. April 27, 2023, and was shot by a security guard, Fox News reported, adding that Brown died at a hospital.

    San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins days before the supervisors' meeting said her office wouldn't prosecute the guard, Michael-Earl Wayne Anthony, the cable network reported in a separate story.

    During the pubic comment portion of the supervisors' meeting, a female speaker sporting a buzz cut and a black leather jacket said, "I don't have any words prepared today. I just want you to feel our pain. I don't know if you can at this point, based off your policy choices, but I have to pretend you have some form of empathy left. So I am going to spend the next minute screaming, 'cause that is what is going on in here. That is what the trans genocide in this country, in this city, has brought me to."

    With that, she let out a lengthy, ear-piercing scream. Then she delivered another — and another. For variety, she added one more.

    "Imagine that!" she yelled, before continuing her screaming. All told, she treated the room to 15 seconds' worth of high-volume bellowing. But she was far from done. Next came the high-pitched screaming sentences.

    "I hate this! I hate what you've done to us! I hate what you're doing to us! I hate you, Board of Supervisors! I hate you, [Mayor] London Breed! I hate you, Jenkins!" she hollered in high-pitched fashion before letting out one final howling scream.

    After dropping a couple of F-bombs, she also called the board members "cowards" and walked away. You can view the screaming speech here; it begins just after the 1-hour, 8-minute mark.

    As readers of Blaze News likely know, Bay Area stores like Walgreens have been gutted by brazen shoplifters over the last several years and suffered as a result — it's a phenomenon rather common in large America cities nowadays.

    Leftist students freak out, get arrested by campus cops after yet another MAGA hat reportedly is stolen


    Remember when red "Make America Great Again" hats more or less became kryptonite to leftists and constantly seemed to lead to jaw-dropping episodes of Trump derangement syndrome?

    Well, on May 2, 2019, a Texas State University student shot video of what he told Campus Reform occurred after another student stole his MAGA hat amid a heated political discussion on campus. The clip shows one student dropping and kicking the student's MAGA hat as campus police confront the female culprit.

    While she's handcuffed, cops drop another student face down on the quad pavement as other students holler in protest and gather around the growing number of police. A third student begins screaming and crying hysterically, trying to get past officers: "Don't f***ing touch her!"

    An apparent officer is heard speaking to the student whose MAGA hat was allegedly stolen, asking if he wants to press charges, and the student responds that he does and then is directed to follow the person.

    As the pair of handcuffed students are led away, someone is heard off camera stating, "If that's not white privilege I don't know what the f*** is."

    As police lead the arrested individuals through a building, the student who earlier was screaming and crying hysterically upped things quite a bit, getting in the MAGA-hat student's face and bellowing, "Get out! Why are you here?! Why are you here?! Leave!" Someone is then heard telling the MAGA-hat student, "You're escalating the situation. Get the f*** out."

    Then inside the campus police station, yet another leftist student wearing a bandana over her face tried to get past police to one of the arrested students and actually appeared to bump chests with a cop. She was immediately turned against a wall and handcuffed as she yelled, "Don't f***ing touch me! What crime are you suspecting me of committing?! Articulate it! Articulate it!"

    You can view video of the whole sorry scene right here.

    Blaze News previously noted numerous instances during which anti-Trump folks have flipped out at MAGA-hat wearers, taken off or knocked the cap off their heads, or actually stolen them as video recorded the whole thing.





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