Trump’s Victory Alone Won’t Make America Great Again. We Have To Do That Ourselves
Twenty years from now, we could remember the coming four years as the beginning a new Golden Age for our country.
Blaze News this week has reported on several high school teachers landing in hot water due to their outbursts following Donald Trump's lopsided presidential election win over Kamala Harris.
Two of the teachers are from Southern California schools — and both were placed on administrative leave over their actions the day after the election. One is an English teacher from Chino High School who freaked out in class over a student wearing a Trump hat; the other is an Advanced Placement world history teacher from Valley View High School in Moreno Valley who went on a profane rant in class against Trump.
'If the [teacher] is exercising a First Amendment right, they risk losing their job. It's pretty straightforward.'
Now it looks like there may be a third Southern California high school teacher making the list.
Citing a parent, KABC-TV reported that a teacher departed from class at Cerritos High School last week because a student was wearing "Make America Great Again" attire.
"It was just a student wearing a shirt, probably for some jokes," fellow student Sakura Padilla told the station.
But KABC said the teacher apparently wasn't in a laughing mood and allegedly posted a long note to her students saying it's unfair that they can wear political clothing while teachers cannot.
The school district noted that it's investigating the teacher's actions, but according to the station, it isn't clear whether the teacher has returned.
The district added to KABC that students can exercise free speech within the parameters of school board and state Education Code policies.
"It's different with teachers because the teachers are the ones who are there to do a job," attorney Michael Overing — who teaches First Amendment rights at the University of Southern California — told the station.
Courts have ruled that students have more free speech leeway because they're required to attend school — but Overing noted to WABC that teachers choose to work at schools and are subject to district rules.
"If the [teacher] is exercising a First Amendment right, they risk losing their job," Overing added to the station. "It's pretty straightforward."
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Now that Donald Trump will return to the White House as the 47th president of the United States, Elon Musk thinks “it’s going to be a bright future.”
And he has several inventions he’s excited to roll out now that Democrats and their plans to control every aspect of society have been thwarted.
One of those inventions is the Tesla Cybercab — a futuristic-looking robotaxi that is fully autonomous. Unlike other Tesla models, the Cybercab has no steering wheel, no pedals, and no charging plug, as it charges inductively. According to Musk, the Cybercab is supposedly safer than regular vehicles and offers the opportunity to “turn parking lots into parks.”
Dave Rubin plays a clip of Musk pitching his Cybercab, as well as other inventions he’s excited about.
“All of these things are possible,” says Dave in reference to Musk’s new ideas, “but they won't be possible if you have an overreaching government that is trying to control everyone.”
To learn more about the Cybercab and other Musk inventions, watch the clip above.
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Greatness was achieved last night in the form of Donald Trump’s historical comeback to regain the Oval Office after being persecuted relentlessly by the left.
Trump’s re-election echoes other times in American history when our nation could be characterized as truly great.
Jason Whitlock reflects fondly on the past as he celebrates a Trump victory.
“When Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant — tell me America wasn't great on that day,” says Whitlock, referencing the agreement that would end slavery that took place on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
“We needed to end slavery. It was an abomination that needed to be ended, and it was. Great day,” he adds.
Another great time in American history is dedicated to the Wright brothers, who invented the airplane.
“America used to be the birthplace of all this innovation. You tell me America wasn’t great when men were out creating and doing things that have benefited the rest of society?” he asks rhetorically.
And while he knows he’ll catch some flak for this one, Whitlock knows that America was also great when “black people were not obsessed with living in proximity to white people.”
“There was a time when black people weren't sitting around going, ‘Oh my God, I'm gonna make it to heaven as soon as I move into a white neighborhood; oh, all of my prayers will be answered as soon as I get to go to an all-white school.’ There was a time when that was not the priority of black people. That was a great time,” says Whitlock, adding, “That's not me calling for segregation; that's me calling for a return to sanity.”
“You know what the priority was then in the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and '50s for black people and for Americans?” he asks.
“Family. That was a great time. Your survival, your success in life was predicated on building a great family, sustaining a family, developing and nurturing your children. That was the priority, and that was a great time.”
To hear more of Whitlock’s commentary, watch the clip above.
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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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.
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?"
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.
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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While Democrats were basking in the aftermath of the abortion-studded DNC, Donald Trump was cooking up a plan to steal the spotlight.
And it might have been one of the best moves he’s made yet.
He not only got the endorsement of RFK Jr. but the former independent nominee hinted in an interview that more Democrats would be joining him in supporting Trump’s campaign.
“I think President Trump is going to make a series of announcements about other Democrats who are joining his campaign, and you know I want to make America healthy again and so does President Trump,” RFK Jr. said in the interview.
“If we need to unify to take back the country, that’s what we need to do,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments.
One of those former Democrats is Tulsi Gabbard, who endorsed the former president in a speech following RFK’s endorsement.
"I am proud to stand here before you today, whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or an independent," Gabbard said. "If you love our country as I do, if you cherish peace and freedom as we do, I invite you to join me in doing all that we can to save our country and elect President Donald J. Trump and send him back to the White House to do the tough work of saving our country and serving the people."
BlazeTV contributor Matthew Marsden believes this is shaping up to be a great team.
“I think you’ve seen somebody’s tried to kill him, you’ve seen RFK be screwed over by his own party — not even be given security — he’s going to double down, and I think you’re going to see this across the board with Gabbard,” Marsden says.
The question remains as to who else RFK may have been referencing in regard to Democrats endorsing Trump.
“I don’t know anyone other than Tulsi,” Gonzales comments.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done a complete 180 and endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump — which could have the potential to change the election entirely.
While RFK Jr. is only taking his name off the ballot in battleground states, Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” believes that if you lean toward the side of medical freedom, the right choice would be to cast a vote for Trump.
“He is telling you, he is communicating that ‘I’m endorsing Donald Trump because Donald Trump of the two candidates is more likely to advocate for public health and for ridding the public health apparatus in this country of corruption, advocating for the health of the future of our children, and so get behind this guy,’” Stuckey says.
While Trump was behind Operation Warp Speed, he was against mandating the vaccines that resulted from it — which is a far cry from the Biden administration, which oversaw the firings of skeptical Americans across the country when they refused to take the experimental jab.
“I think the fact that he is now willing to link arms with someone like RFK [Jr.] is actually a really good indication of where he stands now on public health,” Stuckey comments, noting that Trump echoed this sentiment in his speech following RFK Jr.’s endorsement.
“Today I’m repeating my pledge to establish a panel of top experts working with Bobby to investigate what is causing the decades long increase in chronic health problems and childhood diseases, including autoimmune disorders, autism, obesity, infertility, and many more,” Trump told the crowd as RFK Jr. stood by his side.
While children’s health is a cause everyone can get behind, Stuckey believes this is an incredible way to reach suburban moms.
“I think that is an amazing message for suburban moms, because a lot of moms were voting for RFK [Jr.],” Stuckey says. “I knew that there was a sizable portion of the conservative suburban moms that were willing to look past RFK [Jr.]’s views on abortion considering Trump’s moderate views on abortion.”
RFK Jr. has also put his own spin on Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, telling reporters that he wants to “Make America Healthy Again, and so does President Trump.”
“This whole thing of RFK [Jr.] joining Trump was absolutely a victory,” Stuckey says. “Democrats, they feel like they had this amazing DNC where Planned Parenthood was right outside offering free abortion and free vasectomies for people.”
“Twenty-five plus babies were aborted through medication abortion right outside the DNC,” she continues. “That’s just child sacrifice, that alone should be a reason not to vote for Democrats.”
By waiting until after the DNC was over for RFK Jr. to make his announcement, “They completely sucked the air out of the DNC enthusiasm and magic that they felt like they had after the DNC.”
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